Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus
Digital Verbum Edition
If you like this resource be sure to check out Eerdmans Gospel Studies Collection (19 vols.).
Overview
Stories with Intent offers pastors and students an accessible and comprehensive guide to Jesus’ parables. Klyne Snodgrass explores in vivid detail the context in which these stories were told, the purpose they had in Jesus’ message, and the ways they have been interpreted by the church and modern scholarship. While holding a consciously evangelical approach, Snodgrass deals throughout with a broad spectrum of opinions and interpretations.
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Top Highlights
“9. Pay particular attention to the rule of end stress.” (Page 30)
“The primary stance in interpreting is the willingness to hear and respond appropriately, a point made specifically by the parable of the Sower, but even the willingness to hear does not guarantee objectivity and right hearing.” (Page 24)
“The marker of a similitude is that it is an extended analogy which lacks plot development.” (Page 12)
“With their intent to bring about response and elements like reversal, the crucial matter of parables is usually at the end, which functions something like the punch line of a joke.” (Page 19)
“Even when explicit questions are not present, parables are intended to answer questions. Finding the implied question a parable addresses is key in interpretation.” (Pages 18–19)
Klyne R. Snodgrass is Paul W. Brandel Professor of New Testament Studies at North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois.
Reviews
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sunil abraham ninan
7/27/2021
Pastor Mark Stevenson
12/10/2019
Claude Brown Jr
3/12/2019
Manuel Fernández Martín
1/21/2016
Great for thorough study. I wanted some great insights, but this goes into Hebrew, Greek and other cultural thoughts and methods on Parables.
