Interpreting the Parables A Hermeneutical Guide to Their Meaning

Name: Interpreting the Parables A Hermeneutical Guide to Their Meaning
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ISBN: 9780310494515

ISBN-10: 0310494516

ISBN-13: 9780310494515

Edition: N/A

Authors: John W. Sider

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How are we to understand the parables in the New Testament? Sider gives readers new eyes with an in-depth analysis of the form of parables based on theories of modern literary criticism. (Biblical Studies)

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List price: $22.99
Publisher: Zondervan
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Critical Theory Versus Critical Practice


Parable as Analogy


Interpreting the Parables as Analogies



The Structure of Argument in the Parables



Proportional Comparisons



Rhetorical Ellipsis


Ellipsis of Tenor


Ellipsis of the Point of Resemblance



Varieties of Comparison


A Fortiori Arguments


Negative Comparisons



Analogy Clusters


Discursive Sequences


Narrative Sequences


Symbols in Proportional Analogies



Extended Analogies


Two or More Points of Resemblance


Two or More Proportional Equations



Doublets and Larger Combinations


Congruent Themes


Complementary Themes



Defining the Parable


A Functional Definition


Historical Parables


Parables in John


Summary of Part 1