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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456409803321

Autore

Locker Markus

Titolo

The new world of Jesus' parables [[electronic resource] /] / by Markus Locker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008

ISBN

1-282-04316-1

9786612043161

1-4438-0295-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Disciplina

226.806

Soggetti

Parables

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; WORKS CITED

Sommario/riassunto

Not too many other texts in biblical studies received more attention than the parables of Jesus, in fact raising the question whether or not we need yet another book on this subject. The answer to this question will always remain an emphatic yes. For Jesus and the church, the parables are mysteries, i.e. not beyond understanding, but open to an infinite possibility of meaning. This perhaps explains why more than a century after Adolf Jülicher convincingly argued for a non-allegorical reading...