Parables of the Kingdom: Jesus and the Use of Parables in the Synoptic Tradition

by Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan

Book Overview

Do you not understand this parable? is a question Jesus posed to his disciples (Mark 4:13). Just as the first disciples often did not understand Jesus ' many parables, so it is for listeners and readers nearly two thousand years later. In Parables of the Kingdom, Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan helps readers to hear and see and understand the parables of Jesus. She offers a general introduction to the use of parables in the life and ministry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814629938
• ISBN13: 9780814629932
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.0"