Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction: Encountering the Parables - T.E. Goud, University of New Brunswick in Saint John, Canada, J.R.C. Cousland, University of British Columbia, Canada, John P. Harrison, Oklahoma Christian University, USA
Chapter Two: Many-fold Yields by Polyvalent Interpretation: The Parable of the Mustard Seed in the Synoptic Tradition - Ruben Zimmermann, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Germany
Chapter Three: Harvest Imagery in Q Parables - Dieter Roth, Boston College, USA
Chapter Four: Written and Unwritten Obligations: Dependency Relations in Early Roman Galilee - Douglas Oakman, Pacific Lutheran University, USA
Chapter Five: A Realistic Reading of the Parable of the Lost Coin in Q: Gaining or Losing Even More? - Ernest van Eck, the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Chapter Six: In Ferment: Is Jesus' Parable of the Leaven - J.R.C. Cousland, University of British Columbia, Canada
Chapter Seven: Telling Stories in a Violent World - T.E. Goud, University of New Brunswick in Saint John, Canada
Chapter Eight: Oikodespótis, Kýrios, and Vasiléfs: Identifying Those with Slaves in Matthean Parables in Light of the Literary Evidence and Realia of Roman Palestine in the 1st Century - John P. Harrison, Oklahoma Christian University, USA
Chapter Nine: Whose Voices Matter? A Persistent Widow in a Polyphonic Parable (Luke 18:1–8) - Ellen Reinertsen, University of Oslo, Norway
Chapter Ten: Mirroring and Echoing: The Blend between Reflection of Reality and Evocation of Tradition in Jesus' Parables - Stephen Wright, Spurgeon's College, UK
Chapter Eleven: The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard or of a Just Manager? - Deborah Storie, Stirling Theological College, Australia
Chapter Twelve: Twenty Years of Experiencing the Parables in/of Africa - Glenna Jackson, Otterbein University, USA
Chapter Thirteen: Encountering the Parables: Appreciation and Critique - Mary Ann Beavis, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
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