Biblical parables and their modern re-creations : from "Apples of gold in silver settings" to "Imperial messages" /
Naveh, Gila Safran.
Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press,
c2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-283) and index.
The nature and structure of parables -- Biblical parables : the parable of the poor man's ewe lamb -- Synoptic gospel parables : the parable of the marriage feast -- Rabbinic parables : the parable of the king's banquet -- Chassidic parables : two kinds of faith -- Wisdom lost : modern parables -- Franz Kafka : an imperial message -- Jorge Luis Borges : the parable of Cervantes and The Quixote -- Italo Calvino : cities and signs -- S.Y. Agnon : befor the Kaddish -- Toward a conclusion : "Some fabulous yonder."
Bible
Parables
Jewish parables
Literature, Modern