{"product_id":"9780062098337","title":"The Power of Parable: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1969, I was teaching at two seminaries inthe Chicago area. One of my courses wason the parables by Jesus and the other wason the resurrection stories about Jesus. I hadobserved that the parabolic stories by Jesusseemed remarkably similar to the resurrectionstories about Jesus. Were the latter intended asparables just as much as the former? Had webeen reading parable, presuming history, andmisunderstanding both?\u003cbr\u003e—from \u003cem\u003eThe Power of Parable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins the quest of renowned Jesus scholarJohn Dominic Crossan as he unlocks the truemeanings and purposes of parable in the Bible sothat modern Christians can respond genuinely toJesus's call to fully participate in the kingdom ofGod. In \u003cem\u003eThe Power of Parable\u003c\/em\u003e, Crossan examinesJesus's parables and identifies what he calls the\"challenge parable\" as Jesus's chosen teaching toolfor gently urging his followers to probe, question,and debate the ideological absolutes of religiousfaith and the presuppositions of social, political,and economic traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from parables \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Jesus to parables aboutJesus, Crossan then presents the four gospels as\"megaparables.\" By revealing how the gospels arenot reflections of the actual biography of Jesus butrather (mis)interpretations by the gospel writersthemselves, Crossan reaffirms the power of parablesto challenge and enable us to co-create withGod a world of justice, love, and peace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078517735664,"sku":"9780062098337","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062098337_p0.jpg?v=1763627200","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062098337","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}