The Parables of Jesus

Informationen zum Autor Luise Schottroff taught New Testament and feminist theology at the University of Kassel, Germany, and was the author of numerous books and articles in New Testament and theology, including (with Silvia Schroer and Marie-Theres Wacker) Feminist Interpretation: The Bible in Women's Perspective (1998, 978-0-8006- 2999-1) and The Parables of Jesus: A Feminist Approach (2005, 978- 0-8006-3699-9). Klappentext A premier New Testament scholar explores how Jesus' trial and execution are portrayed in the New Testament and how that portrayal has affected biblical studies, Christian theology, and Jewish-Christian relations through history. Tomson has written an accessible, responsible analysis of the biblical accounts of Jesus' death, demonstrating how, through compounded misunderstandings, they contributed to anti-Jewish sentiment in the early church and later history. Tomson's question of how Jesus is to be understood in his first-century Judean context is a critical one not only for biblical scholars, but for anyone concerned about human rights and interreligious dialogue today. Zusammenfassung Proposes an alternative reading of Jesus' parables. This work argues that the parables are fictional stories that describe the social realities and structures of an oppressive situation. It describes how they present an alternative to the social structures of the Roman Empire. It provides a critique of the traditional readings of the parables.

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Luise Schottroff taught New Testament and feminist theology at the University of Kassel, Germany, and was the author of numerous books and articles in New Testament and theology, including (with Silvia Schroer and Marie-Theres Wacker) Feminist Interpretation: The Bible in Women's Perspective (1998, 978-0-8006- 2999-1) and The Parables of Jesus: A Feminist Approach (2005, 978- 0-8006-3699-9).

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A premier New Testament scholar explores how Jesus' trial and execution are portrayed in the New Testament and how that portrayal has affected biblical studies, Christian theology, and Jewish-Christian relations through history. Tomson has written an accessible, responsible analysis of the biblical accounts of Jesus' death, demonstrating how, through compounded misunderstandings, they contributed to anti-Jewish sentiment in the early church and later history. Tomson's question of how Jesus is to be understood in his first-century Judean context is a critical one not only for biblical scholars, but for anyone concerned about human rights and interreligious dialogue today.

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Proposes an alternative reading of Jesus' parables. This work argues that the parables are fictional stories that describe the social realities and structures of an oppressive situation. It describes how they present an alternative to the social structures of the Roman Empire. It provides a critique of the traditional readings of the parables.