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The Power of Parable

How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus

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Published: 16th May 2012
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One of the main ways Jesus taught people was through the use of parables. Through an exploration of the literary genre popular in the ancient world, distinguished Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan dissects the versions we read in the Gospels to get back to what Jesus really intended to teach. Next, Crossan reveals how Jesus's use of parables inspired the Gospel writers themselves to come up with meaningful, metaphorical stories of Jesus to help them explain their own views of who they thought this Messiah really was. By unlocking the meaning and purposes of the Gospel's parables, we can arrive at a better portrait of this enigmatic and charismatic Jewish figure who transformed his world and the next two thousand years of history.

Prologue Story and Metaphorp. 1
Parables Told by Jesus
Riddle Parablesp. 13
So That They May Not Understand
Example Parablesp. 29
Go and Do-or Don't Do-Likewise
Challenge Parables: Part Ip. 45
Down from Jerusalem to Jericho
Challenge Parables: Part IIp. 65
The Word Against the Word
Challenge Parables: Part IIIp. 89
Let Anyone with Ears to Hear Listen!
The Kingdom of Godp. 113
The Challenge of Collaboration
The Lure of Parabolic Historyp. 141
Caesar at the Rubicon
Parables Told about Jesus
A Hymn for the Namelessp. 157
The Parable Gospel according to Mark
Rhetorical Violencep. 177
The Parable Gospel according to Matthew
Rome as the New Jerusalemp. 197
The Parable Gospel according to Luke-Acts
The Visionary Dream of Godp. 219
The Parable Gospel according to John
Epilogue History and Parablep. 243
Scripture Indexp. 253
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ISBN: 9780061875694
ISBN-10: 0061875694
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 259
Published: 16th May 2012
Publisher: HARPER SAN FRANCISCO
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.9  x 2.4
Weight (kg): 0.418