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Stories with intent : a comprehensive guide to the parables of Jesus
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Stories with intent : a comprehensive guide to the parables of Jesus

Author: Klyne Snodgrass
Publisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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"Stories with Intent offers pastors and students a guide to Jesus' parables. Klyne Snodgrass explores the context in which these stories were told, the purpose they had in Jesus' message, and the ways they have been interpreted by the church and modern scholarship. While holding a consciously evangelical approach, Snodgrass deals throughout with a broad spectrum of opinions and interpretations."--Jacket.
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Named Person: Jesus Christ
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Klyne Snodgrass
ISBN: 9780802842411 0802842410
OCLC Number: 183608542
Description: xviii, 846 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction to the parables of Jesus --
Necessary history --
What is a parable? --
How should parables be classified? --
What about allegory? --
Characteristics of Jesus' parables --
Distribution of the parables --
How should parables be interpreted? --
NT criticism--assumptions and hesitations, method and procedure --
Parables in the ancient world --
The Old Testament --
Early Jewish writings --
Greco-Roman writings --
The early church --
Later Jewish writings --
Grace and responsibility --
The unforgiving servant (Matt 18:23-35) --
The two debtors (Luke 7:41-43) --
Parables of lostness --
The arrangement of Luke 15 --
The lost sheep (Matt 18:12-14/Luke 15:4-7) --
The lost coin (Luke 15:8-10) --
The compassionate father and his two lost sons (Luke 15:11-32) --
The parable of the sower and the purpose of parables (Matt 13:3-23; Mark 4:3-20; Luke 8:5-15) --
Parables of the present kingdom in Matthew 13, Mark 4, and Luke 13 --
The growing seed (Mark 4:26-29) --
The wheat and the weeds (Matt 13:24-30, 36-43) --
The mustard seed (Matt 13:31-32; Mark 4:30-32; Luke 13:18-19) --
The leaven (Matt 13:33; Luke 13:20-21) --
The treasure (Matt 13:44) --
The pearl (Matt 13:45-46) --
Parables specifically about Israel --
The barren fig tree (Luke 13:6-9) --
The two sons (Matt 21:28-32) --
The wicked tenants (Matt 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19 ; Gos. Thom. 65-66) --
The wedding banquet and the feast (Matt 22:1-14; Luke 14:15-24; Gos. Thom. 64) --
Parables about discipleship --
The two builders (Matt 7:24-27; Luke 6:47-49) --
The good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) --
The workers in the vineyard (Matt 20:1-16) --
The tower builder and the warring king (Luke 14:28-32) --
Parables about money --
The rich fool (Luke 12:16-21) --
The unjust steward (Luke 16:1-13) --
The richman and Larzarus (Luke 16:19-31) --
Parables concerning God and prayer --
The friend at midnight (Luke 11:5-8) --
The unjust judge (Luke 18:1-8) --
The Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14) --
Parables of future eschatology --
The net (Matt 13:47-50) --
The eschatological discourse --
The ten virgins (Matt 25:1-13) --
The talents and Theminas (Matt 25:14-30; Luke 19:11-27) --
The sheep and the goats (Matt 25:31-46) --
Epilogue.
Responsibility: Klyne Snodgrass.
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"Stories with Intent offers pastors and students a guide to Jesus' parables. Klyne Snodgrass explores the context in which these stories were told, the purpose they had in Jesus' message, and the ways they have been interpreted by the church and modern scholarship. While holding a consciously evangelical approach, Snodgrass deals throughout with a broad spectrum of opinions and interpretations."--Jacket.

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