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Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi

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The renowned biblical scholar, writer of The Misunderstood Jew, and general editor for The Jewish Annotated New Testament interweaves history and non secular analysis to explore Jesus’ most well liked teaching parables, exposing their misinterpretations and making them lively and relevant for modern readers.

Jesus used to be a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from on a regular basis life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine used to be very different from our world today, and lots of traditional interpretations of Jesus’ stories ignore this disparity and have continuously allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives.

In this wise, entertaining, and educational book, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of Jesus’ narratives. In Short Stories by Jesus, she analyzes these “problems with parables,” taking readers back in time to remember 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 the recent reader, showing how the parables don’t seem to be just about Jesus, but are also about us—and when read rightly, still challenge and provoke us two thousand years later.

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