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Author Culbertson, Philip Leroy, 1944-

Title A word fitly spoken : context, transmission, and adoption of the parables of Jesus / Philip L. Culbertson
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 390 pages)
Series SUNY series in religious studies
SUNY series in religious studies.
Contents 1. Contextuality (Matthew 7:29) -- 2. The Hermeneutical Location of Paradise -- 3. Halakhic Midrash as Parable (Deuteronomy 23:19) -- 4. The Impact of Cumulative Parables: Strings of Pearls (Matthew 13:3-53) -- 5. Pancultural Adaptations: He Who Never Lifts His Gaze Will Never Know the Truth (Matthew 25:1-12) -- 6. Unexpected Literary Forms: The Fish Who Paid Taxes (Matthew 17:24-27 and 22:15-21) -- 7. Shifts in Transmission: Mites, Motes, and Mistakes (Matthew 7:1-5) -- 8. Parables with a Foreign Nimshal: A Skeleton in the King's Closet (Matthew 21:42-44) -- 9. Listener Response: Wedding Feasts and Wineskins (Matthew 9:14-17) -- Appendix I: Proverbs 25:11: A Word Fitly Spoken -- Appendix II: Selections from Haim bar Bezalel's / Iggeret ha-Tiyyul -- Appendix III: The Half-Sheqel Offering in the Second Temple Period
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-362) and indexes
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Jesus Christ -- Parables.
SUBJECT Jesus Christ fast
Bible. Matthew -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013762
Bible. Matthew fast
Bibel Evangelien gnd
Subject RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
Parables, Biblical
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Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585045461
9780585045467