Rediscovering the Parables

by Joachim Jeremias

Joachim Jeremias' The Parables of Jesus is a classic of twentieth-century New Testament scholarship. However, to appreciate its original form to the full calls for a knowledge of Greek, and patience to work through much technical and linguistic material. Aware of this, before he died the author worked on a shorter and simplified version which was subsequently also translated into English.
'This is an excellent idea, because a book which became for many students a gateway into a new understanding of the parables is now available, in its main substance, to a much wider group of readers'
(The Expository Times).
Long unavailable, it is now reissued for a new generation of readers who will perhaps find it even more useful than did their predecessors.
Joachim Jeremias was Professor of New Testament in the University of Gottingen and died in 1979.

Genres: Church, Theology, New Testament, Religion, Biblical

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

Joachim Jeremias was a German Lutheran theologian, scholar of Near Eastern Studies, and professor of New Testament studies.

Reviews

[Martin Bihl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Here's what's brilliant about this book - it places the parables in the context of the people the parables were spoken to, revealing elements of their meaning that has become lost over the years. This book is really worth the price of admission - if you're a writer, it's invaluable, if you're a human being living in a culture were Christianity has any relevance whatsoever, it's insightful and enlightening. But be forewarned, if you're a devout looking for a feelgood book about happy sunny kittens, this isn't for you.

[David Campton · Rating 4 out of 5]

really Jeremias' "The Parables of Jesus" shorn of its footnotes and more arcane academic material. Still only of real interest to academics now.