Title: The rabbis' king-parables
Description: Examines the ancient rabbis at work using parables about kings, parables that reflect the rabbis' ideas about the relationship of humanity to God and also provides information about the Roman Empire.
Subjects: Judaism, Jews, History and criticism, Parables, Midrash, Love, Kings and rulers in rabbinical literature, Parables in rabbinical literature, History, God (Judaism), Midrasch, Gottesvorstellung, Biblical Parables, Gleichnis, Talmudic period
Places: Palestine, Rome
People: Jesus Christ
Time periods: Talmudic period, 10-425, 70-638, Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.