Parables Collected Essays by Funk Robert (14 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Robert Funk was the major seminal influence on parable scholarship in the second part of the twentieth century. His work on parable as metaphor led to the understanding of Jesus' parables as world-shattering. But it went beyond the question of metaphor: Funk redefined the form of the parable, made a substantial contribution to the argument that Jesus' parables originated in Greek, worked out a scale for evaluating parables as compositions, and proposed a model for how parables gave birth to resurrection faith. The essays in this volume, brought together for the first time, afford the reader a synoptic view of Funk's contribution?a contribution with which scholarship is only now beginning to deal.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Robert Funk was the major seminal influence on parable scholarship in the second part of the twentieth century. His work on parable as metaphor led to the understanding of Jesus' parables as world-shattering. But it went beyond the question of metaphor: Funk redefined the form of the parable, made a substantial contribution to the argument that Jesus' parables originated in Greek, worked out a scale for evaluating parables as compositions, and proposed a model for how parables gave birth to resurrection faith. The essays in this volume, brought together for the first time, afford the reader a synoptic view of Funk's contribution?a contribution with which scholarship is only now beginning to deal.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Robert W. Funk, Funk on Parables: Collected Essays. Edited by Bernard Brandon Scott. Polebridge Press, 2006. A foundational collection of essays by Robert W. Funk, founder of the Jesus Seminar and pioneer of metaphorical and structuralist parable interpretation. Brings together classic papers spanning decades of scholarship on the parables as transformative narrative art rather than rigid allegories. Important source text for historical Jesus research, language analysis, and literary hermeneutics. Condition Details: Very Good (VG). Firm, tight binding. Light exterior shelf wear along cover edges and corners. Clean pages throughout—free of underlining, highlighting, or former owner markings. Uncreased or lightly creased spine.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Robert Funk was the major seminal influence on parable scholarship in the second part of the twentieth century. His work on parable as metaphor led to the understanding of Jesus' parables as world-shattering. But it went beyond the question of metaphor: Funk redefined the form of the parable, made a substantial contribution to the argument that Jesus' parables originated in Greek, worked out a scale for evaluating parables as compositions, and proposed a model for how parables gave birth to resurrection faith. The essays in this volume, brought together for the first time, afford the reader a synoptic view of Funk's contribution?a contribution with which scholarship is only now beginning to deal.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Robert Funk was the major seminal influence on parable scholarship in the second part of the twentieth century. His work on parable as metaphor led to the understanding of Jesus' parables as world-shattering. But it went beyond the question of metaphor: Funk redefined the form of the parable, made a substantial contribution to the argument that Jesus' parables originated in Greek, worked out a scale for evaluating parables as compositions, and proposed a model for how parables gave birth to resurrection faith. The essays in this volume, brought together for the first time, afford the reader a synoptic view of Funk's contribution?a contribution with which scholarship is only now beginning to deal.…

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Paperback. Good; slight ink underlining. 219 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Polebridge Press, 2006. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 220 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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