Reading the Parables: Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church - Brossura

Lischer, Richard

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ISBN 10: 066426025X ISBN 13: 9780664260255

Casa editrice: Westminster John Knox Pr, 2014

Riassunto

"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"--

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Richard Lischer is James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor of Preaching at Duke Divinity School. He is the author of several books, including Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and Discovery and Stations of the Heart: Parting with a Son.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Westminster John Knox Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 066426025X
• ISBN 13: 9780664260255
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240