| Description |
1 online resource (382 pages) |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Abbreviations for Parables; Foreword; Prologue; A. Jewish Parables and Fables: The New Testament and the Classics of Formative Judaism as Sources; B. Parables and Fables Considered Through a Wider Lens; Part One; Chapter One: Draw Near the House of Learning; A. The Reader and the Text; B. Strings of Literature; Chapter Two: In Quest of the Divine Human Voice; A. Which is the Great Commandment?; B. Non Havles Mancura- Do Not Speak in Error; C. Let Those Among You Come; D. Open Up the Gates of Light; E. There Shone Forth Wisdom |
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Chapter Three: Form and Authorship: Oral and Written StoriesThe Case of Rabbi Jose of Yokeret's Workers and the Parable of the Fig Tree; Chapter Four: The Storyteller and the Story; Part Two; Introduction/ Transition to Chapters Five and Six; Chapter Five : Parables and Fables: Examples of Ancient and Modern Educational, Religious, and Political Communication Praxes; A. Introductory; B. Parable Use in the Ancient Near East and in Ancient Israel; C. Fable Use in Ancient Isreal and in the Ancient Near East; D. Parables and the New Testament Era: Teaching that Culminates in an Unexpected End |
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E. 'Jesus' as ""Parabolist/Parabolizer""F. (Jesus') Parables and Some Church Fathers; G. Parables, Fables, and the Late Modern Writer/Activist; Chapter Six: Some Visual Art Concerning Parables; Conclusion to Chaperts Five and Six; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; Author Bios |
| Summary |
A book that concerns itself with the historical development of the fable or parable as a way of communicating knowledge and truth, in both Judaism and Christianity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Jesus Christ -- Parables.
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| SUBJECT |
Jesus Christ fast |
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Bible -- Parables.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013692
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Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013617
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Bible fast |
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Narration in the Bible.
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God in literature.
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Parables in rabbinical literature.
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Jewish parables.
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Jewish legends.
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Fables.
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Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism
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fables.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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Parables, Biblical
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Fables
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God in literature
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Jewish legends
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Jewish parables
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Narration in the Bible
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Parables in rabbinical literature
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Rabbinical literature
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Christianity.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Parables
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Greene, John T.
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| ISBN |
9780773411432 |
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0773411437 |
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