Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 256 pages
- Published by: InterVarsity Press September 1989
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0830812865
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0830812868
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Book Dimensions:
8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 9.6 ounces
Product Description
Examining the parables of Jesus within their historical setting, David Wenham offers a fresh understanding of Jesus' world-changing, heart-challenging message.
Reader ReviewsI prepared a series of Bible studies on the parables of Jesus and wanted supplemental material to add to my understanding and class lectures. Specifically, I was interested in Jewish traditions and cultural insights that would add color and clarity to the stories. I purchased three books, including David Wenham's "The Parable of Jesus." I am not a Bible scholar and not particularly interested in theological debates over allegorical loose ends and old disputes over linguisitc fine points that other books were consumed with. This book provided me exactly what I needed - clear, concise insights into the culture, traditions and context of the times. For example, in the Prodigal Son, Wenham pointed out that by asking his father for his inheritance while the father was still living, in the meaning of the legal traditions, the prodigal was actually implying that he wished his father dead. In the parable of the Good Samritan, he observes that the road from "Jericho to Jerusalem" drops 2,500 feet along a treacherous and winding path; ideal for robbers and thieves to hang out. Further, he points out that "two denari" was enough money to pay for twenty-four nights at the inn. These details helped me to put meat on the bones of the story and bring to life these precious parables. These are not earth-shattering biblical truths, but they were very helpful to me in making the topic interesting and relevant. Just like Wenham's book.
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