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Title: Hear Then the Parable: A Commentary on the Parables of Jesus by Bernard Brandon Scott ISBN: 0-8006-2481-5 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: January, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: excellent insights
Comment: I just read this book and thought it was great. The author's insights into the parables of Jesus made them much more credible to me. Better grounding in history makes my faith stronger.
Rating: 1
Summary: Jesus Seminar Gone Deconstructionally Amuck
Comment: Yikes! Scott's aproach to the parables of Jesus is part commentary on IF there are His parables, and part deconstruction of said parables. How many people are comfortable with the idea of Jesus telling bawdy stories?
Scott, like so many of his colleagues in the Society of Biblical Literature, are so interested in seeming "objective" in approaching Scripture, they treat it with less respect than they would any other peice of ancient literature. When was the last time you heard of a Q source for Homer? Or of multiple authors for The Republic? Or a discussion of which lines of The Frogs are original to the play's author? These guys want to look intellectual, but end up looking petty.
Rating: 5
Summary: Challenges The Traditional
Comment: I strongly disagree with the previous reviewer. Brandon Scott provides a challenging reading of the parables by proposing ways of hearing them that are set apart from the later Christian interpretations of the parables that were edited into the Gospels of the New Testament. Scott's theory, which he successfully defends, is that Jesus' parables were much more revolutionary, much more critical of the social/political/religious culture of Jesus' lifetime than those versions that were more spiritualized, made more palatable for the widespread proclimation of the Christian faith in the late 1st Century. Do I agree with every theory of every parable in Scott's book? No. However, his reading is one of the most insightful and historically valid interpretations of the parables that I have read. Along with John D. Crossan's book, "In Parables," Scott's book brings Jesus' message to new light. As a United Methodist pastor, who preaches Jesus' parables with passion, Scott's challenging interpretation helps me broaden my understanding of Jesus' message.
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Title: Parables As Subversive Speech: Jesus As Pedagogue of the Oppressed by William R., II Herzog ISBN: 0664253555 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: June, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Re-Imagine the World: An Introduction to the Parables of Jesus by Bernard Brandon Scott ISBN: 0944344860 Publisher: Polebridge Press Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Parables of Jesus (2nd Edition) by Joachim Jeremias ISBN: 0023605103 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 01 January, 1972 List Price(USD): $26.80 |
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Title: In Parables: The Challenge of the Historical Jesus (Eagle Books) by John Dominic Crossan ISBN: 0944344224 Publisher: Polebridge Press Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Interpreting the Parables by Craig L. Blomberg ISBN: 0830812717 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: February, 1990 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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