Parables for Preachers: The Gospel of Mark

by Barbara E. Reid and Barbara E. Reid OP

Book Overview

The parables of Jesus are puzzling sayings and stories with world-transforming potential. Parables for Preachers offers an understanding of how parables work and a fresh variety of possible meanings not only for Jesus's original audience and for the early Christians for whom Matthew, Mark, and Luke wrote but also for contemporary Christians as well. The Gospel parables are analyzed in the order in which they appear in the Lectionary, making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814625517
• ISBN13: 9780814625514
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.3"