Parables and Conflict in the Hebrew Bible

by Jeremy Schipper

Book Overview

Parables and Conflict in the Hebrew Bible examines the intimate relationship between parables and conflict in the Hebrew Bible. Challenging the scholarly consensus, Jeremy Schipper argues that parables do not function as appeals to change their audience's behavior. Nor do they serve to diffuse tensions in regards to the various conflicts in which their audiences are involved. Rather, the parables function to help create, intensify, and justify judgments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107407540
• ISBN13: 9781107407541
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"