Historic Parables: "Allegorical Wisdom"

By: Kisak, Paul F.

A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. The parable differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters. A parable is a type of analogy. Some scholars of the canonical gospels and the New Testament apply the term "parable" only to the parables of Jesus, though that is not a common restriction of the term. Parables such as "The Prodigal Son" are central to Jesus' teaching method in the canonical narratives and the Apocrypha.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517291305
• ISBN13: 9781517291303
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"