Living Parables: Today's Versions

by Corbin S. Cole and Mark G. Boyer

Book Overview

Living Parables: Today's Versions presents parables in updated language and images. Biblical parables are culture-bound; they are embedded in images that were well-known to a Jewish culture. Jesus was a first-century, Jewish, Galilean peasant, and his concerns, speech, and idioms belong to that culture. His milieu is far removed from ours today. The images found in parables carried meaning that is lost on modern audiences. A simple example will suffice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1725285800
• ISBN13: 9781725285804
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"