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This volume presents a fresh look at the meaning of Jesus' parables for Christian living today through a collection of essays by some of the top contemporary biblical scholars. The parables recorded in the Gospels are central for an understanding of Jesus and his ministry. Yet the parables are more than simple stories; they present a number of obstacles to contemporary readers hoping to fully...

NOTWITHSTANDING THE enormous volume and complexity of modern parables research, any discussion of specific parables must begin with the simple observation that their purpose is essentially pragmatic. Nowhere is this clearer than in the case of parables that specifically focus on discipleship. For whether at the level of their original
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