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Title: Parables As Subversive Speech: Jesus As Pedagogue of the Oppressed by William R., II Herzog ISBN: 0-664-25355-5 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: June, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Refreshing
Comment: Professor Herzog's work is not the socialist denial of the Gospel that it has been accused of being. Neither is it an overly difficult text, as some reviewers have claimed.
Instead, it is a thoughtful, scholarly, re-examination of the parables, which raises the possibility of alternate readings, more appropriate to the first century a.d., rural, Palestinian context in which the parables were first proclaimed. Professor Herzog's work is challenging. It refuses to accept as sacrosanct any of the old verities that many of us were taught years ago in seminary.
In a modified form of redaction criticism, Professor Herzog closely examines each parable in its canonical form, and then seeks to work back to the most plausible words of Jesus, consistent with Biblical archeology and the sociology of religion. The results are new possibilities for proclamation.
This is not a book for the casual reader, or those who wish to maintain long-held beliefs at any cost. However, for educated seekers of truth this book is a gem.
Rating: 4
Summary: diferent and challenging
Comment: William Herzog has taken the parables of Jesus and has certainly put a different twist on them. As some other reviewers have noted, Jesus was put to death for what he SAID and did, so the stories he told must have been more then aphorisms. To reduce Jesus to a fire brand revolutionary is useless, though not as useless as making Him an american, and reading these parables as middle class people in the 21st century. They are certainly both timeless and of their time,and their time was in a far away backwater occupied by a viscious,brutal efficeint machine called Rome.I also, cannot agree on everything that professor Herzog puts forth. However, I know enough to realize that Jesus was more then aware of what was going on around Him,and that his stories would have great signifigance for the motley group that listened to Him.If not, then the parables are mere fables, Aesop for the age,with cute morals. I think that the message of Jesus is so challenging and difficult that we have added all the historical accretion we can find to soften its impact. I do not think, even remotely, that this is a defining portrait of Jesus,or even the only viable view of his parables. What I do think is that it is time to look, really look at the message of Jesus, not just outside of time, but in its time. And for that,for stimulating and causing me to re-think some of my tenents, I am grateful for this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: The parables were more than nice stories
Comment: Think about it. Jesus was in conflict with the authorities because, most of all, of what he was teaching. The parables, therefore, must have been more than nice, allegorical stories. The author positions them within their background, especially the economic one, and indeed presents them as subversive. The book is clear, though I can understand why some people can be upset by this way of reading the parables. But, again, those stories must have meant something to those people.....
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Title: Jesus, Justice, and the Reign of God: A Ministry of Liberation by William R. Herzog ISBN: 0664256767 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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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: The Gospel in Parable: Metaphor, Narrative, and Theology in the Synoptic Gospels by John R. Donahue ISBN: 0800624807 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: November, 1990 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Parables of Jesus: A Commentary by Arland J. Hultgren ISBN: 080286077X Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Jesus Against Christianity: Reclaiming the Missing Jesus by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer ISBN: 1563383624 Publisher: Trinity Pr Intl Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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