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Parables Unplugged

Reading the Lukan Parables in Their Rhetorical Context

  • Paperback
  • 208 pages
  • Publisher: Fortress Press,U.S.
  • 15.6 x 22.8 x 2.7 cm

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For scholars and students of biblical texts

Challenges traditional interpretations of Jesus' parables

You will gain fresh insights into the teachings of Jesus

Discover the Lukan parables in their true rhetorical context.

For far too long, Lauri Thuren argues, the parables of Jesus have been read either as allegories encoding Christian theology - including the theological message of one or another Gospel writer - or as tantalizing clues to the authentic voice of Jesus. Thuren proposes instead to read the parables "unplugged" from any assumption beyond those given in the narrative situation in the text, on the common-sense premise that the very form of the parable works to propose a (sometimes startling) resolution to a particular problem. Thuren applies his method to the parables in Luke with some surprising results involving the Evangelist's overall narrative purposes and the discrete purposes of individual parables in supporting the authority of Jesus, proclaiming God's love, exhorting steadfastness, and so on. Eschatological and allegorical readings are equally unlikely, according to Thuren's results. This study is sure to spark learned discussion among scholars, preachers, and students for years to come.

  • Title

    Parables Unplugged

  • Author

    Lauri Thuren

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Fortress Press,U.S.

  • Published

    November 2014

  • Weight

    695g

  • Page Count

    208

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 22.8 x 2.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780800699796

  • ISBN-10

    0800699793

  • Eden Code

    4299621

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