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Author:

Crossan, John Dominic.

Title:

The power of parable : how fiction by Jesus became fiction about Jesus / John Dominic Crossan.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperOne,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

x, 259 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Jesus Christ--Parables.
Storytelling--Christianity.--Christianity.
Bible.--Gospels--Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jesus Christ--Person and offices.

Notes:

Includes index.

Summary:

"One of the main ways Jesus taught people was through the use of parables. Through an exploration of the literary genre popular in the ancient world, distinguished Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan dissects the versions we read in the Gospels to get back to what Jesus really intended to teach. Next, Crossan reveals how Jesus's use of parables inspired the Gospel writers themselves to come up with meaningful, metaphorical stories of Jesus to help them explain their own views of who they thought this Messiah really was. By unlocking the meaning and purposes of the Gospel's parables, we can arrive at a better portrait of this enigmatic and charismatic Jewish figure who transformed his world and the next two thousand years of history"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0061875694
9780061875694

LCCN:

2011032682

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)