Associate Professor T. E. Goud (University of New Brunswick in Saint John, Canada), J.R.C. Cousland (University of Briti
The contributors to this book pursue three important lines of inquiry into parable study, in order to illustrate how these lessons have been received throughout the millennia. The contributors consider not only the historical and material world of the parables’ composition, and focusing on the social, political, economic, and material reality of that world, but also seek to connect how the parables may have been seen and heard in ancient contexts with how they have been, and continue to be, seen and heard. Intentionally allowing for a “bounded openness” of approach and interpretation,...
The contributors to this book pursue three important lines of inquiry into parable study, in order to illustrate how these lessons have been received ...
