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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Learning to See | |
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| The Pharisee and the Toll Collector (Luke 18:9-14) | |
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| The Vinegrowers and Violence (Mark 12:1-12) | |
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| The Closed Door (Matt 25:1-13) | |
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| Politics with Carrot and Stick (Matt 22:1-14) | |
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| The Snubbed Host (Luke 14:12-24) | |
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| The Barren Fig Tree (Luke 13:1-9) | |
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| Hearing and Doing the Torah (Mark 4:1-20) | |
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| In Search of a Non-Dualistic Parable Theory | |
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| Social-Historical Interpretation of the Bible in the Framework of Contextual Theologies | |
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| Dualism in Parable Theories | |
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| Metaphor or Not Metaphor? That Is the Question | |
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| What Is a Parable? | |
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| The Historical Jesus and the Jesus in the Gospels | |
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| The Genre of Parable Discourse | |
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| Toward a Synthesis of Methods | |
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| The Literary Context: The Gospels | |
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| Jesus the Parable-Teller: The Parables in the Literary Context of the Gospels | |
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| Political Prophecy (Mark 4:26-32) | |
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| Springtime and the Night Watchers (Mark 13:28-37) | |
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| God Is Near: Jesus the Parable-Teller in the Gospel of Mark (Summary) | |
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| Loving God: The Merciful Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) | |
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| The Great Messianic Feast of Rejoicing, or The Partying Neighbor Women (Luke 15:1-32) | |
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| "Once There Was a Rich Man": Money and the Torah (Luke 16) | |
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| "He Lived the Life of a Slave": Slave Parables in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 12:35-48; 17:3-10; 19:11-27) | |
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| Crying to God: The Insistent Friend and the Stubborn Widow (Luke 11:5-13 and 18:1-8) | |
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| Parables in the Gospel of Luke (Summary) | |
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| God's Forgiveness and the World of Finance (Matt 18:21-35) | |
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| Bread and Hope (Matthew 13) | |
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| "Am I Not Allowed to Do What I Choose with What Belongs to Me?" (Matt 20:1-16) | |
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| The End of Violence: Jesus's Discourse in the Temple (Matt 21:23-22:14) | |
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| The Parable of the Talents and God's Judgment on the Nations (Matt 25:14-46) | |
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| How Should I Read a Jesus Parable? | |
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| Notes | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| List of Parables Discussed | |
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| Index of Ancient Sources | |
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| Index of Subjects and Names | |