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Parables in Changing Contexts: Essays on the Study of Parables in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism: 35 (Jewish and Christian Perspectives) - Hardcover

Book 24 of 37: Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series

Marcel Poorthuis; Eric Ottenheijm

 
9789004416963: Parables in Changing Contexts: Essays on the Study of Parables in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism: 35 (Jewish and Christian Perspectives)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 900441696X ISBN 13: 9789004416963
Publisher: BRILL, 2019

Synopsis

In Parables in Changing Contexts, new venues in the comparative study of parables are addressed by scholars of Judaism, New Testament, Buddhism and Islam. Essays cover parables in the synoptic Gospels, Rabbinic midrash, and parabolic tales and fables in the Babylonian Talmud.

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About the Author

Eric Ottenheijm (1961) is Assistant Professor for Jewish Studies and Biblical Literature at Utrecht University. His dissertation was on the Halakhic debates between the Houses of Hillel and Shammai (2014), publications cover early Christianity in its relation to Judaism, in particular the Gospel of Matthew, and legal traditions and parables in Rabbinic literature. Currently he leads a project on the comparative study of Jewish and Christian parables, Parables and the Partings of the Ways (2014-2020).

Marcel Poorthuis, Ph.D. (1992), teaches interreligious dialogue at the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology. His dissertation dealt with the French-Jewish philosopher Immanuel Levinas. He published about Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism and Islam. He is co-editor of Jewish and Christian Perspectives.

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Publisher
BRILL
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
900441696X
ISBN 13 
9789004416963
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
316