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Parables After Jesus

David B. Gowler
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allegorical interpretation
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Bible and literature
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Christian history
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Frederick Douglass
John Calvin
Martin Luther
patristics
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theology and art
theology and literature
Western Christianity

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  • ISBN 9781481314114
  • Weight: 333g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Dec 2020
  • Publisher: Baylor University Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Over the centuries, some interpreters have attempted to explain what parables mean. Other interpreters have endeavored to articulate what parables do-how they "work" rhetorically or poetically. With the parables of Jesus, however, more is required, because Jesus' parables have always demanded a response from readers or hearers. Interpreters, therefore, should also seek to ascertain what parables want, because the parables of Jesus not only stake claims and demand responses; they also challenge their hearers to act. This challenge reverberates across the centuries, calling us continually back to the texts to discover anew what these distinctive and wonderful stories show us about what it means to be human and the ways in which Jesus urges us to follow God in word and deed.

The Parables after Jesus is the first book to explore in a comprehensive way the "afterlives" of the parable tradition-how people have interpreted, been influenced by, and applied Jesus' enigmatic and compelling parables in a multitude of ways, perspectives, eras, contexts, and media. Interpretation is never a solitary endeavor, for each interpreter stands on the shoulders of previous interpreters, continually in dialogue with other interpretations, past and present. Gowler's reception history discusses more than fifty imaginative receptions of Jesus' parables, selected from two millennia of parable interpretation-from those who have dominated discussions to often ignored or suppressed voices. From this we see how the use of Jesus' parables affects society and culture and how powerfully parables have challenged-and continue to challenge-people's hearts, minds, and imaginations.
About David B. Gowler
David B. Gowler is Pierce Professor of Religion at Oxford College of Emory University, Senior Faculty Fellow at the Center for Ethics at Emory University, and Co-Editor of Emory Studies in Early Christianity. He is the author of  Host, Guest, Enemy, and Friend: Portraits of the Pharisees in Luke and Acts;  What Are They Saying about the Parables?;  What Are They Saying about the Historical Jesus?;  James through the Centuries; and  The Parables after Jesus: Their Imaginative Receptions across Two Millennia. His books have been translated into French, Korean, Indonesian, and Japanese. He has also published dozens of articles, book chapters, and book reviews, and is the editor or coeditor of over thirty books.

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