Encountering the parables in contexts old and new / edited by T. E. Goud, J. R. C. Cousland, and John Harrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goud, Thomas E., editor.

Cousland, J. R. C., editor.

Harrison, John P., editor.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 671.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of New Testament studies ; 671

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Parables.

Jesus Christ.

Parables, Biblical.

Physical Description:

xi, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : T&T Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023.

Summary:

"This volume examines the material elements and mundane aspects of daily life in the first century that underlie Jesus' Synoptic parables"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Many-fold yields by polyvalent interpretation : the parable of the mustard seed in the synoptic tradition / Ruben Zimmermann

Harvest imagery in Q parables / Dieter T. Roth

Written and unwritten obligations : dependency relations in early Roman Galilee / Douglas E. Oakman

A realistic reading of the parable of the lost coin in Q : gaining or losing even more? / Ernest van Eck

In ferment : is Jesus's parable of the leaven hyperbolic or true to life? / J.R.C. Cousland

Telling stories in a violent world / Thomas E. Goud

[Oikodespótis], [kýrios], and [vasiléfs] : identifying those with slaves in Matthean parables in light of the literary evidence and realia of Roman Palestine in the first century / John Harrison

Whose voices matter? A persistent widow in a polyphonic parable (Luke 18:1-8) / Ellen Aasland Reinertsen

Mirroring and echoing : realism and figuration in Jesus's parables / Stephen I. Wright

Matthew 20:1-15 : the parable of the workers in the vineyard or of a manager-disciple? / Deborah R. Storie

Twenty years of experiencing the parables in Africa / Glenna S. Jackson

Encountering the parables: appreciation and critique / Mary Ann Beavis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Encountering the parables in contexts old and new

ISBN:

9780567706133

0567706133

9780567706171

0567706176

OCLC:

1292972081