The power of parable : how fiction by Jesus became fiction about Jesus /

The power of parable : how fiction by Jesus became fiction about Jesus /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Crossan, John Dominic. author
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : HarperOne, c2012.
Description:	x, 259 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Jesus Christ -- Parables. Jesus Christ -- Person and offices. Jesus Christ. Bible. -- Gospels. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. -- Gospels. Storytelling -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Christology. Parables, Biblical. Storytelling -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8847208

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ISBN:	9780061875694 0061875694
Notes:	Includes index.
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"--

Table of Contents:

Prologue Story and Metaphor
Part I. Parables Told by Jesus
1. Riddle Parables
So That They May Not Understand
2. Example Parables
Go and Do-or Don't Do-Likewise
3. Challenge Parables: Part I
Down from Jerusalem to Jericho
4. Challenge Parables: Part II
The Word Against the Word
5. Challenge Parables: Part III
Let Anyone with Ears to Hear Listen!
6. The Kingdom of God
The Challenge of Collaboration
The Lure of Parabolic History
Caesar at the Rubicon
Part II. Parables Told about Jesus
7. A Hymn for the Nameless
The Parable Gospel according to Mark
8. Rhetorical Violence
The Parable Gospel according to Matthew
9. Rome as the New Jerusalem
The Parable Gospel according to Luke-Acts
10. The Visionary Dream of God
The Parable Gospel according to John
Epilogue History and Parable
Scripture Index