The power of parable : how fiction by Jesus became fiction about Jesus / John Dominic Crossan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crossan, John Dominic.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Parables.

Jesus Christ.

Parables.

Storytelling--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Storytelling.

Bible. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Gospels.

Jesus Christ--Person and offices.

Physical Description:

x, 259 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : HarperOne, [2012]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Parables Told by Jesus

1 Riddle Parables 13

So That They May Not Understand

2 Example Parables 29

Go and Do-or Don't Do-Likewise

3 Challenge Parables: Part I 45

Down from Jerusalem to Jericho

4 Challenge Parables: Part II 65

The Word Against the Word

5 Challenge Parables: Part III 89

Let Anyone with Ears to Hear Listen!

6 The Kingdom of God 113

The Challenge of Collaboration

The Lure of Parabolic History 141

Caesar at the Rubicon

Part II Parables Told about Jesus

7 A Hymn for the Nameless 157

The Parable Gospel according to Mark

8 Rhetorical Violence 177

The Parable Gospel according to Matthew

9 Rome as the New Jerusalem 197

The Parable Gospel according to Luke-Acts

10 The Visionary Dream of God 219

The Parable Gospel according to John.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0061875694

OCLC:

730414468

Publisher Number:

99947903029