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THE POWER OF THE PARABLE: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus
| Title: | THE POWER OF THE PARABLE: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus |
| BookID: | 10819 |
| Authors: |
John Dominic Crossan |
| ISBN-10(13): | ************* |
| Publication date: | 2012 |
| Number of pages: | 259 |
| Language: | English |
| Price: | 272,50 R |
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The author shows us how the parables present throughout the New Testament not only reveal what Jesus wanted to teach but also provide the key for explaining how the Gospels’ writers sought to explain the Prophet of Nazareth to the world. In this exploration of the metaphorical stories told by Jesus and the Gospel writers, Crossan combines the biblical expertise of his The Greatest Prayer with a historical and social analysis that harkens closely to his Jesus: |