In the last century, more studies of the parables were produced than for any other section of comparable length in the Bible. The problem is that most Bible rea

A guide to preaching the parables that shows how to first interpret the parables, then proclaim their significance.

Parables make up one-third of Jesus' speech in the New Testament. In this volume, Richard Lischer provides an expert guide to these parables and proposes an imp

Hear Then the Parable is an innovative literary-social reading of all the parables of Jesus.

Contending that its characterization as a Christian document has hindered interpretation, Marshall aims to uncover the formerly hidden Jewishness of the Book of