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Parables and fables as distinctive Jewish literary genres : the origins and structure of indirect speech about God /
A book that concerns itself with the historical development of the fable or parable as a way of communicating knowledge and truth, in both Judaism and Christianity.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lewiston, N.Y. :
Edwin Mellen Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Abbreviations for Parables; Foreword; Prologue; A. Jewish Parables and Fables: The New Testament and the Classics of Formative Judaism as Sources; B. Parables and Fables Considered Through a Wider Lens; Part One; Chapter One: Draw Near the House of Learning; A. The Reader and the Text; B. Strings of Literature; Chapter Two: In Quest of the Divine Human Voice; A. Which is the Great Commandment?; B. Non Havles Mancura- Do Not Speak in Error; C. Let Those Among You Come; D. Open Up the Gates of Light; E. There Shone Forth Wisdom
- Chapter Three: Form and Authorship: Oral and Written StoriesThe Case of Rabbi Jose of Yokeret's Workers and the Parable of the Fig Tree; Chapter Four: The Storyteller and the Story; Part Two; Introduction/ Transition to Chapters Five and Six; Chapter Five : Parables and Fables: Examples of Ancient and Modern Educational, Religious, and Political Communication Praxes; A. Introductory; B. Parable Use in the Ancient Near East and in Ancient Israel; C. Fable Use in Ancient Isreal and in the Ancient Near East; D. Parables and the New Testament Era: Teaching that Culminates in an Unexpected End
- E. 'Jesus' as ""Parabolist/Parabolizer""F. (Jesus') Parables and Some Church Fathers; G. Parables, Fables, and the Late Modern Writer/Activist; Chapter Six: Some Visual Art Concerning Parables; Conclusion to Chaperts Five and Six; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; Author Bios