Puzzling the Parables of Jesus: Methods and Interpretation

by Ruben Zimmermann

Modern scholarship on the parables has long been preoccupied with asking what Jesus himself said and what he intended to accomplish with his parables. Ruben Zimmermann moves beyond that agenda to explore the dynamics of parabolic speech in all their rich complexity. Introductory chapters address the history of research and distinguish historical from literary and reader-oriented approaches, then set out a postmodern hermeneutic that analyzes narrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800699750
• ISBN13: 9780800699758
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary