The Parables After Jesus: Their Imaginative Receptions Across Two Millennia

by David B Gowler and David B. Gowler

Book Overview

Over the centuries, some interpreters have attempted to explain what parables mean. Other interpreters have endeavored to articulate what parables do--how they work rhetorically or poetically. With the parables of Jesus, however, more is required, because Jesus' parables have always demanded a response from readers or hearers. Interpreters, therefore, should also seek to ascertain what parables want, because the parables of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481314114
• ISBN13: 9781481314114
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"