The Parables: Jewish Tradition and Christian Interpretation (Biblia.com)

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Fully one-third of Jesus’ words in the Synoptic Gospels occur in parables—knowing the parables is essential for understanding the person of Christ. In this work, Brad Young displays his unique perspective as a scholar steeped in both Jewish and Christian studies. While parables have timeless messages, reinterpretations in new contexts throughout the centuries have distorted the original meanings...

As it is said, “The [human] king is the shadow of the god, and man [the human being] is the shadow of the [human] king.” Thus the king himself is the perfect resemblance of the god!5 (=LAS, no. 145) The word for parable is instructive here as highlighting the likeness between divine majesty and human royalty. The human king is the “perfect resemblance” or the shadow of the god. Heintz observes, “This important text, though difficult to interpret, presents the interesting citation of an archaic proverb

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