The Power of Parable by John Dominic Crossan
How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus

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Widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time, John Dominic Crossan shows how "parables" not only reveal what Jesus wanted to teach but also provide the key for explaining how the gospel writers sought to explain this prophet from Nazareth.Foremost Jesus scholar shows how "parables" not only reveal what Jesus wanted to teach but also provide the key for explaining how the gospel writers sought to explain this prophet from Nazareth. One... more

Widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time, John Dominic Crossan shows how "parables" not only reveal what Jesus wanted to teach but also provide the key for explaining how the gospel writers sought to explain this prophet from Nazareth.Foremost Jesus scholar shows how "parables" not only reveal what Jesus wanted to teach but also provide the key for explaining how the gospel writers sought to explain this prophet from Nazareth. One of the main ways Jesus taught people was through the use of parables. Through an exploration of the literary genre popular in the ancient world, distinguished Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan dissects the versions we read in the Gospels to get back to what Jesus really intended to teach. Next, Crossan reveals how Jesus's use of parables inspired the Gospel writers themselves to come up with meaningful, metaphorical stories of Jesus to help them explain their own views of who they thought this Messiah really was. By unlocking the meaning and purposes of the Gospel's parables, we can arrive at a better portrait of this enigmatic and charismatic Jewish figure who transformed his world and the next two thousand years of history. less

About John Dominic Crossan

JOHN DOMINIC CROSSAN, professor emeritus at De Paul University, is widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time. He is the author of... more

JOHN DOMINIC CROSSAN, professor emeritus at De Paul University, is widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time. He is the author of several bestselling books, including The Historical Jesus, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography and his latest, The Greatest Prayer. He lives in Minneola, Florida. less