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Funk on Parables

Author : Robert Walter Funk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Funk on Parables written by Robert Walter Funk and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Funk was the major seminal influence on parable scholarship in the second part of the twentieth century. His work on parable as metaphor led to the understanding of Jesus' parables as world-shattering. But it went beyond the question of metaphor: Funk redefined the form of the parable, made a substantial contribution to the argument that Jesus' parables originated in Greek, worked out a scale for evaluating parables as compositions, and proposed a model for how parables gave birth to resurrection faith. The essays in this volume, brought together for the first time, afford the reader a synoptic view of Funk's contribution?a contribution with which scholarship is only now beginning to deal.

The Challenge of Jesus' Parables

Author : Richard N. Longenecker
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802846389
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Jesus' Parables written by Richard N. Longenecker and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at the meaning of Jesus' parables for Christian living today. The parables recorded in the Gospels are central for an understanding of Jesus and his ministry. Yet the parables are more than simple stories; they present a number of obstacles to contemporary readers hoping to fully grasp their meaning. In this volume, thirteen New Testament scholars provide the background necessary to understand the original context and meaning of Jesus' parables as well as their modern applications, all in a manner easily accessible to general readers. Contributors: Stephen C. Barton Craig A. Evans Richard T. France Donald A. Hagner Morna D. Hooker Sylvia C. Keesmaat Michael P. Knowles Walter L. Liefeld Richard N. Longenecker Allan W. Martens Klyne R. Snodgrass Robert H. Stein Stephen I. Wright

Re-imagine the World

Author : Bernard Brandon Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Re-imagine the World written by Bernard Brandon Scott and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the author sets his interpretation of the key parables of Jesus in the context of other things Jesus said and did. The result is a startling and provocative picture of the historical figure and the challenge he presents to contemporary life.

Honest to Jesus

Author : Robert W. Funk
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060627581
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Honest to Jesus written by Robert W. Funk and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1996 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Honest to Jesus, Robert Funk, one of the preeminent biblical scholars of our time, embarks on a radical investigation into the transformation of Jesus the social rebel and iconoclast into Jesus the religious icon. Founder of the Jesus Seminar - the group of writers, philosophers, and theologians spearheading new research into the historical Jesus and the authenticity of the gospels - Funk has never before articulated his own bold and fearless vision of who Jesus truly was and how his legacy should be approached by the modern world." "Funk's investigation concludes with an explosive call to arms. In twenty-one theses, Funk articulates a revolutionary new vision of Jesus and Christianity for the next millennium. Freed from religious and political propaganda, liberated from the cobwebs of orthodoxy, this is a Jesus restored to the roles of social critic, dissident, and sage. Funk envisions a revitalized Christianity - shaped by history rather than orthodoxy and based not on the Christ of the creeds but on the teachings of Jesus in all their original power. Forthright, penetrating, and as radical as the mysterious figure it investigates, Honest to Jesus is a new classic in the debate over the search for the real Jesus and its implications for modern Christianity."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Hear Then the Parable

Author : Bernard Brandon Scott
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451404180
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Hear Then the Parable written by Bernard Brandon Scott and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hear Then the Parable is an innovative literary-social reading of all the parables of Jesus.

Parables as Poetic Fictions

Author : Charles W. Hedrick
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1597523976
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (975 download)

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Book Synopsis Parables as Poetic Fictions by : Charles W. Hedrick

Download or read book Parables as Poetic Fictions written by Charles W. Hedrick and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contending that Jesus narrative parables are more poetic than metaphoric, Hedrick argues that parables should be heard solely on their own terms. Hedrick s dissatisfaction with figurative and metaphorical approaches or those that argue for a particular meaning or a single interpretation diverges sharply from the modern consensus and breaks new ground in parable studies.

Studying the Parables of Jesus

Author : Peter Rhea Jones
Publisher : Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781573121675
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book Studying the Parables of Jesus written by Peter Rhea Jones and published by Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Rhea Jones has spent the majority of his career studying and teaching the parables. Studying the Parables of Jesus is a primer on the historical and -literary approaches to biblical study. It informs and inspires in dialogue with contemporary methods and contemporary meanings. It provides an introduction to the methods of interpretation of the parables as well as an opening chapter on the recent history of interpretation. The chapters of exegesis approach a select group of parables for a more intensive analysis. While reserving much of the technical details for the endnotes, the text includes -discussion of critical issues and alternative opinions. Questions and exercises are appended at the close of each chapter for personal use or classroom -discussion.

Speaking in Parables

Author : Sallie McFague
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Speaking in Parables written by Sallie McFague and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is not only absorbingly readable but important. For its themes engage effectively with main dilemmas not only of formal theology but of current piety and witness." - Amos N. Wilder, Andover Newton Quarterly "This book is immensely valuable for its persuasive illustrations of the parabolic and metaphoric imagination. McFague attends both to the interpretive and the evaluative levels of hermeneutics. Her readings of specific parables, poems, stories, and autobiographies are insightful and relevant to her thesis that what religious language 'says' is 'conceptually imperceivable and inexpressible.'" - Mary Gerhart, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "It is at the very least a fine guide to one important direction that theological hermeneutics might take, and more than that, it testifies confidently to the presence of still unplumbed resources of the biblical word and its secular counterpart that are there for the imagination's appropriation." - Robert Detweiler, Religious Studies Review "Everyone interested in theology will be stimulated by Sallie McFague's mediating theological position and the form of thinking and discourse she espouses. Those interested in the intercourse between theology and literature will be stimulated by the way she links the two and the perceptive way she handles her literary examples. Biblical scholars will undoubtedly note her primacy of the parables as the central corpus of the biblical records. Preachers of the church will be strengthened by the concern McFague has for the Christian community and the importance of the word through the words of the preachers. With this variety of concerns, Speaking in Parables will have a deservedly wide reading and, perhaps even more important, wide discussion." - Ronald E. Sleeth, Perkins School of Theology Journal

Puzzling the Parables of Jesus

Author : Ruban Zimmermann
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451465327
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Puzzling the Parables of Jesus written by Ruban Zimmermann and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern scholarship on the parables has long been preoccupied with asking what Jesus himself said and what he intended to accomplish with his parables. Ruben Zimmermann moves beyond that agenda to explore the dynamics of parabolic speech in all its rich complexity. Introductory chapters address the history of research and distinguish historical from literary and reader-oriented approaches, then set out a postmodern hermeneutic that analyzes narrative elements and context, maps the sociohistorical background, explores stock metaphors and symbols, and opens up contemporary horizons of interpretation. Subsequent chapters then focus on one parable from early Christian sources (Q, Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, and the Gospel of Thomas) to explore how parables function in each literary context. Over all reigns the principle that the meaning or theological "message" of a parable cannot be extracted from the parabolic form; thus the parables continue to invite hearers' and readers' involvement to the present day.

Evaluating the Legacy of Robert W. Funk

Author : Andrew D. Scrimgeour
Publisher : SBL Press
ISBN 13 : 0884143465
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Evaluating the Legacy of Robert W. Funk written by Andrew D. Scrimgeour and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the world of an academic trailblazer Robert W. Funk, professor of New Testament, former Executive Secretary of the Society of Biblical Literature, and founder of Scholars Press and the Jesus Seminar, was one of the most gifted, controversial figures in modern biblical scholarship. The volume includes nineteen of his essays, correspondences, interviews, and administrative papers pertaining to the Society of Biblical Literature and Scholars Press. Colleagues introduce each section with reflections on the life and contributions of Funk. Features: Evaluation of the changes to scholarly societies and to scholarly research that Funk advocated Exploration of the shift in the interpretation of Jesus’s parables initiated by Funk Previously unpublished writings

Proclaiming the Parables

Author : Thomas G. Long
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
ISBN 13 : 1646983742
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (469 download)

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Download or read book Proclaiming the Parables written by Thomas G. Long and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Proclaiming the Parables, noted preacher and scholar Thomas G. Long moves away from past treatment of the parables primarily as literary devices and moves toward an emphasis on their theological impact as pointers to the kingdom of God. While the parables are indeed significant poetic literary creations that have enchanted readers over the centuries, their main power, he claims, lies in their disclosure of the kingdom of God, which is not merely an idea, nor even just a complex symbol with generative and centrifugal force, but an event: the inbreaking of the life of God into human history and experience. Long sees parables not merely as creative figures of speech but as GPS devices taking hearers to those places where the event of God is happening all around us. This book provides two chapters for each synoptic Gospel. The first focuses on the Gospel as a whole and the parables’ place in it, and the second provides preachers and teachers with detailed exegetical and homiletical commentary for each major parable in that Gospel. Two introductory chapters additionally situate this book in the history and theology of the parables’ interpretation and address questions that preachers have about preaching the parables. Preachers who consult this volume will be informed about each major parable, guided through the controversies regarding interpretation, and stimulated to preach on the parable in fresh, faithful, and creative ways.

Jesus of Nazareth

Author : Paul Verhoeven
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 160980077X
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Jesus of Nazareth written by Paul Verhoeven and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the work of biblical scholars—Rudolph Bultmann, Raymond Brown, Jane Schaberg, and Robert Funk, among others—filmmaker Paul Verhoeven disrobes the mythical Jesus to reveal a man who has much in common with other great political leaders throughout history—human beings who believed that change was coming in their lifetimes. Gone is the Jesus of the miracles, gone the son of God, gone the weaver of arcane parables whose meanings are obscure. In their place Verhoeven gives us his vision of Jesus as a complete man, someone who was changed by events, the leader of a political movement, and, perhaps most importantly, someone who, in his speeches and sayings, introduced a new ethic in which the embrace of human contradictions transcends the mechanics of value and worth that had defined the material world before Jesus. "The Romans saw [Jesus] as an insurrectionist, what today is often called a terrorist. It is very likely there were ‘wanted’ posters of him on the gates of Jerusalem. He was dangerous because he was proclaiming the Kingdom of Heaven, but this wasn’t the Kingdom of Heaven as we think of it now, some spectral thing in the future, up in the sky. For Jesus, the Kingdom of Heaven was a very tangible thing. Something that was already present on Earth, in the same way that Che Guevara proclaimed Marxism as the advent of world change. If you were totalitarian rulers, running an occupation like the Romans, this was troubling talk, and that was why Jesus was killed." —Paul Verhoeven, from profile by Mark Jacobson in New York Magazine

The politics of Middle English parables

Author : Mary Raschko
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526131196
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The politics of Middle English parables written by Mary Raschko and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The politics of Middle English parables examines the dynamic intersection of fiction, theology and social practice in late-medieval England. Parables occupy a prominent place in Middle English literature, appearing in dream visions and story collections as well as in lives of Christ and devotional treatises. While most scholarship approaches the translated stories as stable vehicles of Christian teaching, this book highlights the many variations and points of conflict across Middle English renditions of the same story. In parables related to labour, social inequality, charity and penance, the book locates a creative theological discourse through which writers attempted to re-construct Christian belief and practice. Analysis of these diverse retellings reveals not what a given parable meant in a definitive sense but rather how Middle English parables inscribe the ideologies, power structures and cultural debates of late-medieval Christianity.

Metaphor and Parable

Author : Kjärgaard
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004664114
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Metaphor and Parable written by Kjärgaard and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1986-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Once and Future Jesus

Author : Robert Walter Funk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Once and Future Jesus written by Robert Walter Funk and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Once and Future Jesus by John Shelby Spong (2000).

The Parables in Q

Author : Dieter Roth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567678733
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book The Parables in Q written by Dieter Roth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few New Testament topics have been discussed as often and as intensely as Q, the hypothesized second major source alongside the gospel of Mark for the gospels of Matthew and Luke, and the parables. And yet, no monograph to date has been devoted to considering the parables in Q. In addition to filling this gap in New Testament scholarship, Dieter T. Roth addresses the need to move scholarship on both Q and the parables forward along methodological and interpretive lines. Roth considers Q not as a text behind Matthew and Luke that needs to be reconstructed but rather as an intertext between Matthew and Luke that offered plots, characters, and images in parables that were taken up by Matthew and Luke and utilized in their own respective texts. In addition, Roth draws on recent parables research in his examination of the 27 parables in Q (two spoken by John the Baptist, one by the Centurion, and 24 by Jesus) in order to consider their purpose and function in this early Christian text.

Interpreting the Parables

Author : Craig L. Blomberg
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830839674
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Interpreting the Parables written by Craig L. Blomberg and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craig Blomberg surveys the contemporary critical approaches to the parables--including those that have emerged in the twenty years since the first edition. This widely used text has taken a minority perspective and made it mainstream, with Blomberg ably defending a limited allegorical approach and offering brief interpretations of all the major parables.