A Comprehensive Guide
to the Parables of Jesus
second edition
With a new chapter on recent scholarship
Klyne Snodgrass
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
2140 Oak Industrial Drive NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505
© 2008, 2018 Klyne Snodgrass
All rights reserved
Published 2008
Second edition published 2018
ISBN 978-0-8028-7569-3
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Snodgrass, Klyne, author.
Title: Stories with intent : a comprehensive guide to the parables of Jesus / Klyne Snodgrass.
Description: Second edition. | Grand Rapids : Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017039967 | ISBN 9780802875693 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Jesus Christ — Parables. Classification: LCC BT375.3 .S66 2018 | DDC 226.8/06 — dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017039967
Quotations from THE MISHNAH by Danby (1963) 2,096w. By permission of Oxford University Press.
Quotations from The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition, by Florentino García Martínez and Eibert Tigchelaar are copyright 1997–98 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, the Netherlands, and used by permission.
Quotations from Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum, edited by Kurt Aland, 15th Revised Edition, © 1996 Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart. Used by permission.
Quotations from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible are copyright 1946, 1952, ©1971, 1973 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America and used by permission.
Quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible are copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America and are used by permission.
Quotations from the Holy Bible, New International Version, are copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society and used by permission of Zondervan.
at North Park Theological Seminary—
Past, Present, and Future
and
To Gabriel and Caeden
who are wonders to behold
Introduction to the Parables of Jesus
How Should Parables Be Classified?
Characteristics of Jesus’ Parables
How Should Parables Be Interpreted?
NT Criticism—Assumptions and Hesitations, Method and Procedure
The Unforgiving Servant (Matt 18:23–35)
The Two Debtors (Luke 7:41–43)
The Lost Sheep (Matt 18:12–14/Luke 15:4–7)
The Compassionate Father and His Two Lost Sons (Luke 15:11–32)
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About Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus (Second Edition)Winner of the 2009 Christianity Today Award for Biblical Studies, Stories with Intent offers pastors and students a comprehensive and accessible guide to Jesus’ parables. Klyne Snodgrass explores in vivid detail the historical context in which these stories were told, the part they played in Jesus’ overall message, and the ways in which they have been interpreted in the church and the academy. Snodgrass begins by surveying the primary issues in parables interpretation and providing an overview of other parables—often neglected in the discussion—from the Old Testament, Jewish writings, and the Greco-Roman world. He then groups the more important parables of Jesus thematically and offers a comprehensive treatment of each, exploring both background and significance for today. This tenth anniversary edition includes a substantial new chapter that surveys developments in the interpretation of parables since the book’s original 2008 publication. |
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