In this splendid introduction to the elusive rhetorical device central to the New Testament picture of Jesus, Charles Hedrick explores the nature of the parable and its history of use. He asks basic questions such as, what is a parable? is Jesus really the author of the parables? and what does a parable mean? and then reviews a range of sources--from Aesop's fables to modern New Testament scholarship--to answer them. He also surveys the various ways the parables have been approached in literary criticism throughout history, giving specific examples of each method and delineating their strengths and weaknesses.
- ISBN10 066422427X
- ISBN13 9780664224271
- Publish Date 21 June 2004
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English
- URL https://presbyterian.app.onixsuite.com/book/?GCOI=29636103810950