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Reading the Parables

Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church

  • Paperback
  • 240 pages
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

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For Christians wanting to deepen their understanding of Scripture

Helps clarify the difference between reading and interpreting

You will gain fresh insights into Jesus' teachings and truths

This insightful guide unpacks the rich meanings of Jesus' parables.

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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Just Tell the Truth: A Call to Faith, Hope, and CourageReading the Parables

  • Title

    Reading the Parables

  • Author

    Richard Lischer

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Westminster John Knox

  • Published

    January 2015

  • Weight

    314g

  • Page Count

    240

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780664260255

  • ISBN-10

    066426025X

  • Eden Code

    4310610

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