Parables for Preachers: Year A, the Gospel of Matthew

by Barbara E. Reid

Book Overview

The parables of Jesus are puzzling sayings and stories with world-transforming potential. Parables for Preachers offers an understanding of how parables work and a fresh variety of possible meanings not only for Jesus's original audience and for the early Christians for whom Matthew, Mark, and Luke wrote but also for contemporary Christians as well. The Gospel parables are analyzed in the order in which they appear in the Lectionary, making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814625509
• ISBN13: 9780814625507
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"