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how fiction by Jesus became fiction about Jesus
By John Dominic Crossan
"The power of parable" was published by HarperOne in 2012 - New York and the language of the book is English.
“The power of parable” Metadata:
- Title: The power of parable
- Author: John Dominic Crossan
- Language: English
- Publisher: HarperOne
- Publish Date: 2012
- Publish Location: New York
“The power of parable” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ RELIGION / General - Bible - Parables - Storytelling - Person and offices - Criticism, interpretation - Christianity - Biblical Parables - Christology - Jesus christ, parables - Jesus christ, person and offices - Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t.
- People: Jesus Christ
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: p. cm.
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL25005146M - OL16117439W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 730414468
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2011032682
- ISBN-13: 9780061875694
- All ISBNs: 9780061875694
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"The power of parable" Description:
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"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"--
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