Parables unplugged : Reading the lukan parables in their rhetorical context
The parables of Jesus have long been read either as allegories encoding Christian theology or as tantalizing clues to the authentic voice of Jesus. Thuren proposes instead to read the parables "unplugged" from any assumptions beyond those given in the narrative situation in the text, on the... Full description
| Main Author: | Thuren, Lauri. |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, 2014 |
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| 100 | |a Thuren, Lauri. | ||
| 245 | |a Parables unplugged : |b Reading the lukan parables in their rhetorical context |h [electronic resource] | ||
| 260 | |a Minneapolis, Minnesota : |b Fortress Press, |c 2014. | ||
| 300 | |a eBook | ||
| 500 | |a Includes Index and Bibliographical References. | ||
| 520 | |a The parables of Jesus have long been read either as allegories encoding Christian theology or as tantalizing clues to the authentic voice of Jesus. Thuren proposes instead to read the parables "unplugged" from any assumptions beyond those given in the narrative situation in the text, on the common-sense premise that the very form of the parable works to propose a (sometimes startling) resolution to a particular problem. Thuren applies his method to the parables in Luke, exploring the Evangelist's specific narrative purposes in the use of individual parables. | ||
| 650 | |a NARRATION IN THE BIBLE. | ||
| 650 | |a JESUS CHRIST - PARABLES. | ||
| 650 | |a BIBLE.N.T. - LUKE - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC. | ||
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