David Buttrick provides an introduction to the parables with a discussion of particular homiletical issues preachers face in interpreting parables. Speaking Parables includes commentary on thirty-three different parables with suggestions for preaching each one.
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David Buttrick is Drucilla Moore Buffington Professor Emeritusof Homiletics and Liturgics at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of many books, including Preaching the New and the Now and Speaking Jesus, both published by WJK.
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This review is from: Speaking Parables: A Homiletic Guide (Paperback)
This book presents a rethinking of the way we approach the parables of Jesus. They are not trite morality tales, nor are they pedantic sermon illustrations. While some scholarship has claimed that they are stories of everyday life, parables are far more ambiguous and surreal; they make us uncomfortable with our images of God and our understandings of society. This book is in two parts. The first, shorter one explains the parables in general. Buttrick describes the background of parables and how they stand within a rich tradition of Jewish rhetoric and theology. He criticizes individualistic interpretations, and provides some alternatives which make Jesus' words seem much more compelling. He also provides a mini-handbook on preaching parables, some of which readers of his earlier _Homiletic_ will recognize, but which stands out as an especially good way to approach the telling of parables. The second part, the larger section of the book, is a parable-by-parable analysis. Buttrick's exegesis is not only good, it's a fun read. With some parables he provides sample sermons and critiques which are enjoyable lessons in sermon construction themselves. As in _Homiletic_, it is easy to notice how tightly interwoven are Buttrick's theory of preaching, his theological perspective, and his approach to Biblical interpretation. This is "Worldly Preaching" at its best.
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This review is from: Speaking Parables: A Homiletic Guide (Paperback)
Arguably David Buttrick is the finest homilitician in the United States. His latest book, Speaking Parables, is a marvelous, no-nonsense map for this preacher. Being able to review Rev. Buttrick's homilies is fascinating and encouraging. However the chapter on the Mysterious Kingdom of God is worth the price of the book! Cogent, insightful and laid out in a refreshing manner, Rev. Buttrick moves the busy pastor through a minefield without even a scratch.
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Everyone who hangs around churches has heard of the parables of Jesus. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unforgiving agent, forty dollars for twelve, forgiven billions, bleeding charity, liken this generation, parable scholars, crooked manager, centered selves, rabbinic parables, lapsed members, bigger barns, dishonest steward, basileia tou theou, original parable, several parables, moral holiday, two parables, little apocalypse, many parables, little parable, biblical background Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Closed Door, Son of Man, Last Judgment, Jesus Christ, Entrusted Money, Gospel of Thomas, Planted Weeds, Vineyard Laborers, John the Baptist, Bernard Brandon Scott, Synoptic Gospels, Returning Master, Christ Jesus, Father Abraham, Unmerciful Servant, Gospel of Mark, Harvard Business School, Hebrew Bible, Saddam Hussein, Benny Hill, Jesus Seminar, Joachim Jeremias, John Donahue, Kenneth Bailey, Lord Jesus New!
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Everyone who hangs around churches has heard of the parables of Jesus. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unforgiving agent, forty dollars for twelve, forgiven billions, bleeding charity, liken this generation, parable scholars, crooked manager, centered selves, rabbinic parables, lapsed members, bigger barns, dishonest steward, basileia tou theou, original parable, several parables, moral holiday, two parables, little apocalypse, many parables, little parable, biblical background Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Closed Door, Son of Man, Last Judgment, Jesus Christ, Entrusted Money, Gospel of Thomas, Planted Weeds, Vineyard Laborers, John the Baptist, Bernard Brandon Scott, Synoptic Gospels, Returning Master, Christ Jesus, Father Abraham, Unmerciful Servant, Gospel of Mark, Harvard Business School, Hebrew Bible, Saddam Hussein, Benny Hill, Jesus Seminar, Joachim Jeremias, John Donahue, Kenneth Bailey, Lord Jesus New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett on 5 pages
- Parables of Jesus by George A. Buttrick on 4 pages
- Parables of the Kingdom by C. H. Dodd on 4 pages
- Parables of Jesus (2nd Edition) by Joachim Jeremias in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Parables of Jesus by Master Books in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Sermon Maker, The by Calvin Miller in Back Matter
- Resources for Preaching and Worship--Year A:Â Quotations, Meditations, Poetry, and Prayers by Hannah Ward on page 278
- Stewards of The Story: The Task of Preaching by James Earl Massey in Back Matter
- Preaching Parables to Postmoderns (Fortress Resources for Preaching) by Brian C. Stiller in Back Matter
- The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching, Augustine to the Present by Richard Lischer on page 337
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