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Reading the Parables

Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church

  • Hardback
  • 240 pages
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox
  • 15 x 23.2 x 2.3 cm

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For church leaders and Bible study enthusiasts

Helps clarify the distinction between reading and interpreting

You will gain fresh perspectives on biblical truths

Discover the depth of Jesus' parables with expert insights.

Parables make up one-third of Jesus' speech in the New Testament. In this volume, Richard Lischer provides an expert guide to these parables and proposes an important distinction between reading and interpreting the parables.Emphasizing the importance of reading the parables versus interpreting them, Lischer asserts that reading offers a kind of breathing space to explore historical, literary, theological, and socio-political dimensions of the parables and their various meanings, whereas interpreting implies an expert and critical position that must be defended. In this volume, Lischer lays out four theories for reading parables: 1) parables obscure truth; 2) parables teach many truths; 3) parables teach one truth; and 4) parables undermine the truth. Ultimately, he concludes that biblical parables undermine dominant myths called "the truth" to shine light on the Truth that is Jesus, God's presence with us.
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  • Title

    Reading the Parables

  • Author

    Richard Lischer

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Westminster John Knox

  • Published

    September 2014

  • Weight

    454g

  • Page Count

    240

  • Dimensions

    15 x 23.2 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780664231651

  • ISBN-10

    0664231659

  • Eden Code

    4300719

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