Parables and fables as distinctive Jewish literary genres [electronic resource] : the origins and structure of indirect speech about God / Mishael M. Caspi and John T. Greene ; with a foreword by J. Harold Ellens.
Publication details: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2011.Description: 1 online resource (382 p.)ISBN:- 9780773411432 (electronic bk.)
- 0773411437 (electronic bk.)
- Bible -- Parables
- Narration in the Bible
- God in literature
- Jesus Christ -- Parables
- Parables in rabbinical literature
- Jewish parables
- Jewish legends
- Fables
- Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism
- Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Bible -- Parables
- Fables
- God in literature
- Jesus Christ -- Parables
- Jewish legends
- Jewish parables
- Narration in the Bible
- Parables in rabbinical literature
- Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism
- Religion
- RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings
- 296.1/9 23
- BS680.P3 C37 2011
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based upon print version of record.
A book that concerns itself with the historical development of the fable or parable as a way of communicating knowledge and truth, in both Judaism and Christianity.
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