Reading the Parables: Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church

by Richard Lischer

Book Overview

Parables make up one-third of Jesus' speech in the New Testament. In this volume, Richard Lischer provides an expert guide to these parables and proposes an important distinction between reading and interpreting the parables.

Emphasizing the importance of reading the parables versus interpreting them, Lischer asserts that reading offers a kind of breathing space to explore historical, literary, theological, and socio-political dimensions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664231659
• ISBN13: 9780664231651
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"