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

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

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Availability:In StockContributor:Richard LischerSeries:Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the ChPublish date:2014-09-12Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Westminster John Knox PressISBN-13:9780664231651ISBN-10:664231659UPC:9780664231651Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Biblical Commentary, Christian MinistryBook Topic:New Testament, PreachingAward:2015 Book of the Year Winner - Top 10 AwardSize:9.10 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCHK8VQWCD

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 of the parables and their various meanings, whereas interpreting implies an expert and critical position that must be defended.

In this volume, Lischer lays out four theories for reading parables: 1) parables obscure truth; 2) parables teach many truths; 3) parables teach one truth; and 4) parables undermine the truth. Ultimately, he concludes that biblical parables undermine dominant myths called "the truth" to shine light on the Truth that is Jesus, God's presence with us.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Westminster John Knox PressISBN-13:9780664231651ISBN-10:664231659UPC:9780664231651Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Biblical Commentary, Christian MinistryBook Topic:New Testament, PreachingAward:2015 Book of the Year Winner - Top 10 AwardSize:9.10 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCHK8VQWCD
Lischer, Richard: - Richard Lischer is James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor of Preaching at Duke Divinity
School. He is the author of several books, including Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and
Discovery
and Stations of the Heart: Parting with a Son.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Awards

🏆 2015 Book of the Year Winner - Top 10 Award

Contributor(s)

Richard Lischer

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