Hear Then the Parable is an innovative literary-social reading of all the parables of Jesus.

An accomplished biblical scholar here juxtaposes movies and New Testament themes to uncover the mythic dimensions of each and to explore the primary conflicts in American society.

A concise and readable introduction to the parables for all readers, this first report of the Jesus Seminar reviews the authenticity of all gospel versions of the thirty-three parables attributed to Jesus. Individual versions of each parable are grouped together and arranged for easy reference and comparison.

In this book the author sets his interpretation of the key parables of Jesus in the context of other things Jesus said and did. The result is a startling and provocative picture of the historical figure and the challenge he presents to contemporary life.

By examining the so-called resurrection stories in chronological order, this book aspires to prompt readers to consider questions such as: What does the New Testament say about the resurrection?; What is the influence of Judaism on Christian belief in the resurrection?; How did the resurrection become the central belief in Christianity?and why did early Christians choose to believe in the resurrection?

A slow rumbling, that has been building up among New Testament scholars for the past twenty years, is only now beginning to make its effects felt on a more general public. A new Paul is beginning to emergeuone who differs from the Paul of Augustine and Luther, who is no friend to the traditional orthodoxy that has co-opted him for almost two thousand years. To help us see Paul in this new way, Scott arrives at three conclusions argued step-by-step throughout the book: Paul was called His concern was with the nations Paul addresses particular situations, not a universal human condition The new...