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Title: Parables of Jesus (2nd Edition) by Joachim Jeremias ISBN: 0-02-360510-3 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 01 January, 1972 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.80 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: SCHOLARLY BUT READABLE
Comment: I read this book when I was a seminary student in the late 70's. Sad to say, it wasn't required reading. I read it on my own, and it's one of the few books from that era in my life that I remember having read. I know Koine Greek, so Jeremias' quoting the original language of the New Testament was wonderful to me. However, for those who don't know Greek, there is a condensed Greek-free version of this book titled, "Rediscovering the Parables." It's probably available somewhere used. If you're reading this review, then you're interested enough in this topic to get your hands on either version. "The Parables of Jesus" is a book you will read and revisit through the years. Get it.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best of the historical Jesus scholars
Comment: Forget about those silly ... over at the Jesus Seminar. Jeremias is the real deal. He dedicated his life to building a bridge from the primitive church back to the actual words of Jesus and I think he was remarkably successful. The heart of Jesus' message is the parables and this book takes us into the company of Jesus. It's as if we're hearing him for the first time. A simplifed version of this book under the title "Rediscovering the Parables" was published back in the sixties. It shouldn't be too hard to find in a used book store specializing in religious books. That edition translates all the Greek and eliminates some of the scholarly detail without at all blunting the power of this profoundly insightful key to Jesus' teachings. It's a shame that so much of Jeremias' work is out of print. John P. Meier in his Marginal Jew series makes great use of Jeremias and in many ways agrees with his findings.
Rating: 4
Summary: Get to the original intent of the sayings of Jesus.
Comment: A challenging but rewarding book. In the first half, Jeremias uses ten methods to discover the original intent and situation of the sayings (parables and more) of Jesus. The second half of the book is devoted to his grouping of the parables into the ten main points made by Jesus in his sayings. In general, he claims that Jesus spoke in particular, rather than universal, situations, situations that have to be decoded for today's audience. The book is frustrating in that specific examples of his textual criticism are given using the Greek, and there is no English translation.
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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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Title: Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus: An Investigation into Economic & Social Conditions During the New Testament Period by Joachim Jeremias, C. H. Cave, F. H. Cave ISBN: 0800611365 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: June, 1979 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Hear Then the Parable: A Commentary on the Parables of Jesus by Bernard Brandon Scott ISBN: 0800624815 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Poet and Peasant Through Peasant Eyes by Kenneth E. Bailey ISBN: 0802819478 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: June, 1983 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Parables of the Kingdom by C. H. Dodd ISBN: 0060619325 Publisher: HarperCollins (paper) Pub. Date: September, 1981 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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