Stories with intent
Subtitle: a comprehensive guide to the parables of Jesus
By: Klyne Snodgrass.
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 846
ISBN-13: 9780802842411
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Parables.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 771-815) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Introduction to the parables of Jesus; value: Necessary history; value: What is a parable?; value: How should parables be classified?; value: What about allegory?; value: Characteristics of Jesus' parables; value: Distribution of the parables; value: How should parables be interpreted?; value: NT criticism; value: assumptions and hesitations, method and procedure; value: Parables in the ancient world; value: The Old Testament; value: Early Jewish writings; value: Greco-Roman writings; value: The early church; value: Later Jewish writings; value: Grace and responsibility; value: The unforgiving servant (Matt 18:23-35); value: The two debtors (Luke 7:41-43); value: Parables of lostness; value: The arrangement of Luke 15; value: The lost sheep (Matt 18:12-14/Luke 15:4-7); value: The lost coin (Luke 15:8-10); value: The compassionate father and his two lost sons (Luke 15:11-32); value: The parable of the sower and the purpose of parables (Matt 13:3-23; Mark 4:3-20; Luke 8:5-15); value: Parables of the present kingdom in Matthew 13, Mark 4, and Luke 13; value: The growing seed (Mark 4:26-29); value: The wheat and the weeds (Matt 13:24-30, 36-43); value: The mustard seed (Matt 13:31-32; Mark 4:30-32; Luke 13:18-19); value: The leaven (Matt 13:33; Luke 13:20-21); value: The treasure (Matt 13:44); value: The pearl (Matt 13:45-46); value: Parables specifically about Israel; value: The barren fig tree (Luke 13:6-9); value: The two sons (Matt 21:28-32); value: The wicked tenants (Matt 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19 ; Gos. Thom. 65-66); value: The wedding banquet and the feast (Matt 22:1-14; Luke 14:15-24; Gos. Thom. 64); value: Parables about discipleship; value: The two builders (Matt 7:24-27; Luke 6:47-49); value: The good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37); value: The workers in the vineyard (Matt 20:1-16); value: The tower builder and the warring king (Luke 14:28-32); value: Parables about money; value: The rich fool (Luke 12:16-21); value: The unjust steward (Luke 16:1-13); value: The richman and Larzarus (Luke 16:19-31); value: Parables concerning God and prayer; value: The friend at midnight (Luke 11:5-8); value: The unjust judge (Luke 18:1-8); value: The Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14); value: Parables of future eschatology; value: The net (Matt 13:47-50); value: The eschatological discourse; value: The ten virgins (Matt 25:1-13); value: The talents and Theminas (Matt 25:14-30; Luke 19:11-27); value: The sheep and the goats (Matt 25:31-46); value: Epilogue.