Parables and Riddles in Ancient and Modern Teaching: Achilles, a Hare and Two Tortoises

About Kalman J. Kaplan

Kalman J. Kaplan PhD is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Illinois College of Medicine Adjunct Professor at Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership USA and Fellow in the American Psychological Association. He was awarded a start-up grant from The John Templeton Foundation and a Fulbright International Fellowship to develop an online program in Religion Spirituality and Mental Health in America and Israel. His publications include TILT: Teaching Individuals to Live Together (1998); Living with Schizophrenia (1997); Living Biblically: Ten Guides for Fulfilment and Happiness (2012); In the Beginning: Biblical Sparks for a Childs Week (2013); Oedipus in Jerusalem (2015); Biblical Psychotherapy: Reclaiming Scriptural Narratives for Positive Psychology and Suicide Prevention (2017 2019); and both Oedipus Redeemed (2019) and Oedipus the Teacher (2019) among others.Matthew B. Schwartz PhD specializes in Greek and Roman civilizations and biblical-rabbinic thought at Wayne State University USA and at Lawrence Technological University USA. His publications with Dr Kaplan include The Family: Biblical and Psychological Foundations (1984); Jewish Approaches to Suicide Martyrdom and Euthanasia (1998); Biblical Stories for Psychotherapy and Counselling (2004); The Fruit of Her Hands: A Psychology of Biblical Woman (2007); A Psychology of Hope: A Biblical Response to Tragedy and Suicide (2008); and Politics in the Hebrew Bible: God Man and Government (2013) among others.