Jesus the Storyteller: Why Did Jesus Teach in Parables?

Stephen I Wright

ISBN 10: 0281064377 / ISBN 13: 9780281064373

Published by SPCK Publishing, 2014

About this Item

The book offers a fresh, historically plausible account of why Jesus spoke in parables and how this distinctive style of speech functioned in his ministry.Most books on the parables have tended to treat them as individual units to be interpreted rather than in a connected way as a consistent element within the ministry of the historical Jesus. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9780281064373

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jesus the Storyteller: Why Did Jesus Teach in Parables?
• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0281064377
• ISBN 13: 9780281064373
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

A rich and compelling portrait of Jesus as storyteller, set within a credible historical reconstruction of his aims and ministry

About the Author

Stephen I. Wright teaches New Testament, hermeneutics and preaching at Spurgeon's College, London. He is the author of Alive to the Word: A Practical Theology of Preaching (SCM 2010), and co-author of Preaching the Atonement (T&T Clark 2005) and Preaching the Incarnation (Westminster John Knox 2010).