The rabbinic parables and Jesus the parable teller / David Flusser ; Timothy Keiderling, translator.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flusser, David, 1917-2000, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

Rabbinischen Gleichnisse und der Gleichniserzähler Jesus. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Bible--Parables.

Bible.

Jesus Christ--Parables.

Jesus Christ.

Jewish parables.

Physical Description:

xv, 317 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : HENDRICKSON ACADEMIC, 2024.

Peabody, Massachusetts : Hendrickson Publishers, [2024]

Summary:

"First published in German as Die rabbinschen Gleichnisse und der Gleichniserzähler Jesus in 1981--and now translated into English for the first time--this seminal work by Professor David Flusser remains an important and unparalleled contribution on Jesus as a storyteller in the Jewish rabbinic tradition. Using a literary approach to study extant rabbinic parables, he argues that Jesus' parables belong to a genre that exists only in rabbinic literature and the New Testament. In order to analyze the theology behind Jesus' parables, we need to understand them as a first-century literary art form. In a summary of the book, Flusser writes: "I am αrmly convinced with fellow researchers that it is possible to get reasonably close to the original wording of Jesus' teaching. But this is only the case when the otherwise usual method of literary criticism is applied to the text of the Synoptic Gospels, and when, moreover, one is willing and able to be guided by knowledge of Judaism. I certainly admit that the words of Jesus, including his parables, were edited by Greek redactors and subsequently by the evangelists. Nevertheless, I believe it is often possible to separate the 'shell' from the 'nut' by applying a better synoptic theory. . . . As I have argued several times, the parables of Jesus belong to the genre of the rabbinic parables. Therefore, valid statements about Jesus' parables, whether these regard their essence or their literary quality, can only be made when one has αrst dealt with the essence and literary form of the rabbinic parables.""--Publisher's wbesite.

Notes:

"Originally published in German under the title: Die rabbinischen Gleichnisse und der Gleichniserzähler Jesus, Peter Lang, 1981"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781496488367

1496488369

OCLC:

1386701221

Publisher Number:

99996327695