Parables Unplugged: Reading The Lukan Parables In Their Rhetorical Context

The parables of Jesus have long been read either as allegories encoding Christian theology or as tantalizing clues to the authentic voice of Jesus. Thurn proposes instead to read the parables "unplugged" from any assumptions 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. Thurn applies his method to the parables in Luke, exploring the Evangelist's specific narrative purposes in the use of individual parables. 9780800699796 0800699793 432 BOOK Religion NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=GLR_BAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Lauri Thuren
• | Publisher: Fortress Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 208 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0800699793
• | ISBN-13: 9780800699796