This literary study considers how the 'voice' of Jesus has been heard in different periods of parable interpretation, and how the categories of figure and trope may help us towards a sensitive reading of the parables today.
This book explores what it means to seek the "voice" of Jesus" in his parables through the interpretive keys of literary tropes. Through a detailed discussion of significant periods of parable interpretation, with reference to six narrative parables peculiar to Luke's Gospel, it demonstrates the continued necessity of a creative response to an intention when confronted with figures of speech. Drawing on the long tradition of interpretation, a fresh hearing of the tone of the parables as exemplary tales is suggested, rooted in both the conditions of Jesus's contemporary culture and the Old Testament Scriptures.
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
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978-0-85364-975-5 (9780853649755)
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Stephen I. Wright (PhD., University of Durham) is Tutor in Biblical Studies and Practical Theology at Spurgeon's College, and previously Director of the College of Preachers, an ecumenical training and resource agency helping preachers of all denominations fulfil their ministry. His significant publications include The Voice of Jesus: Studies in the Interpretation of Six Gospel Parables (Carlisle: Paternoster/ Wipf and Stock); Tales Jesus Told: An Introduction to the Narrative Parables of Jesus (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2003); Preaching the Atonement (London: T. & T. Clark International, 2005), shortlisted for the Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing, 2007, and most recently Preaching the Incarnation
