For bibliography see: W. S. Kissinger, The Parables of Jesus (1979). Literature: C. H. Dodd, The Parables of the Kingdom (1936); W. O. E. Oesterley, The Gospel Parables in the Light of the Jewish Background (1936); O. Piper, “The Mystery of the Kingdom of God,” Int 1 (1947), 183–200; C. E. B. Cranfield, “St. Mark 4:1–34,” SJTh 4 (1951), 398–414; 5 (1952), 49–66; N. A. Dahl, “The Parables of Growth,” StTh 5 (1951), 132–66; A. M. Hunter, Interpreting the Parables (1960);
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