{"product_id":"2940170828883","title":"Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi","description":"Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus' stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this wise, entertaining, and educational book, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of Jesus' narratives. In \u003ci\u003eShort Stories by Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, she analyzes these \"problems with parables,\" taking us back in time to understand how their original Jewish audience understood them. Levine reveals the parables' connections to first-century economic and agricultural life, social customs and morality, Jewish scriptures and Roman culture. With this revitalized understanding, she interprets these moving stories for a contemporary reader, showing how the parables are not just about Jesus, but are also about us-and when read rightly, still challenge and provoke us two thousand years later.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117582500080,"sku":"2940170828883","price":20.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170828883_p0.jpg?v=1763718924","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170828883","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}