Many Things in Parables: Jesus and His Modern Critics

by Charles W. Hedrick

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 066422427X
• ISBN13: 9780664224271
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"