Albertina Oegema/Martijn Stoutjesdijk: Beyond the Parable-Fable Dichotomy: An Introduction to the Volume- Jonathan Pater: Parables in the New Testament and Rabbinic Literature between Simile and Fable: A status quaestionis
Greek and Roman Literature
Jeremy B. Lefkowitz: Fabulous Style: Learning to Compose Fables in the Progymnasmata - Gerard J. Boter: "Look at Heracles!" The Role of Similes and Exempla in Epictetus's Philosophical Teaching - Annemarie Ambühl: Animal Similes in Roman Imperial Epic in Their Literary, Cultural, and Political Contexts - Ruben Zimmermann: The Fables according to Babrius and the New Testament Parables
Early Jewish and Rabbinic Literature
Sean A. Adams: Fables in Philo of Alexandria: ?????, µ ????, and pa?aß??? - Stephen Llewelyn/Lydia Gore-Jones: Cognitive Blending Theory and the Mashal of the Forest and the Sea in 4 Ezra 4:13-17: The Boundedness of Human Knowledge - Lieve Teugels: From the Lion to the Snake, from the Wolf to the Bear: Rescue and Punishment in Classical Fables and Rabbinic Meshalim - Galit Hasan-Rokem: Folk Narrative Poetics of Late Antique Parables and Fables: The Rabbis' Double Vision - Lorena Miralles Maciá: Folktale Images in the Midrashic Context: Fable Motifs in Leviticus Rabbah 4
New Testament and Early Christian Literature
Catherine Hezser: Finding a Treasure: The Treasure Motif in Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman Narratives in the Context of Rabbinic Halakhah and Roman Law - Justin D. Strong: How to Interpret Parables in Light of the Fable: Lessons from the Promythium and Epimythium - Mary Ann Beavis: Fables, Parables and Slaves: Epictetus, Aesop and the Gospels in Conversation with North American Slave Narratives - Konrad Schwarz: Parabolic Stories in the Gospel of Thomas and the Aesopic Tradition: Some Reflections on Reading Practices and Literary Traditions in the Second and Third Century - Ingvild S. Gilhus: "You Ought to Observe Hounds When They Are Hunting Hares": Examples and Similes about Animals in the Apophthegmata Patrum
Diachronic Perspectives
Peter J. Tomson: Fables, Proverbs, Parables, Allegories: Ancient Border-Crossing Lore
