Many Things in Parables - Hedrick, Charles W.
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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 the parables have been approached in literary criticism throughout history, giving specific examples of each method and delineating their strengths and weaknesses.…mehr

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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 the parables have been approached in literary criticism throughout history, giving specific examples of each method and delineating their strengths and weaknesses.
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Charles W. Hedrick is Professor Emeritus at Southwest Missouri State University. Among his many publications are 'Parables as Poetic Fictions,' 'Many Things in Parables: Jesus and His Modern Critics,' and 'When History and Faith Collide: Studying Jesus.' He is the co-editor of 'Gospel of the Savior: A New Ancient Gospel,' 'Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, and Early Christianity,' and 'Ancient Fiction: The Matrix of Early Christian and Jewish Narrative.'