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Note: Starred works are by Quaker authors.
Bosley, Harold A. He spoke to them in parables. New York, Harper, 1963. 184p. Sermons in which "the parables play like a spotlight on the darkened corners of the human enterprise."
Capon, Robert Farrar. The parables of grace. Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1988. 184p.
Capon, Robert Farrar. The parables of judgment. Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1989. 181p.
Dodd, C.H. The parables of the Kingdom. Rev ed. New York, Scribner, 1961. 176p. Considers the parables having to do with the Kingdom of God in their historical context.
Douglas, Lloyd. Those disturbing miracles. New York, Harper, 1927. 260p.
Hunter, Archibald M. Interpreting the parables. Philadelphia, Westminster, 1960. Popular treatment of past and present critical approaches to the parables.
Jeremias, Joachim. Rediscovering the parables. New York, Scribners, 1946. 191p. Simplified version of the author's scholarly work, The parables of Jesus, aims to penetrate layers of tradition and allow us to discover what Jesus actually said and meant.
Jordan, Clarence. Cotton Patch parables of liberation. Scottdale PA, Herald, 1976. 160p. Sermons using the parables to explore the demands of membership in the Dominion of God.
Linnemann, Eta. Jesus of the parables; introduction and exposition. New York, Harper, 1966. 218p. Since every parable is spoken from a community and for a community, we must pay attention to the "interlocking," the concessions to common experience, which it makes use of.
Miller, John W. Step by step through the parables: a beginner's guide to the modern study of the stories Jesus told, their meaning in his time and ours. New York, Paulist, 1981. 162p. Parables grouped by lesson they are meant to teach. Discussion questions aimed at searching one's own experience. Includes annotated bibliography.
Nicoll, Maurice. The new man; an interpretation of some parables and miracles of Christ. New York, Penguin, 1972. Various topics in the gospels discussed by a follower of Gurdjieff.
*Paton, Katherine. The message of Jesus in the parables. Philadelphia, Friends General Conference, 1957. 84p. Consists mainly of study questions on individual para-bles. Includes introductory material, notes and references.
Poteat, Edwin McNeill. Parables of crisis. New York, Harper, 1950. 255p. Views the Lukan parables in the light of eschatology and relates them to the situation of 1949.
Purdy, John C. Parables at work. Philadelphia, Westminster, 1985. 132p. Commentaries on 12 of Jesus' parables relate each one's central teaching to the world of work.
*Russell, Elbert. The parables of Jesus. 4th rev. ed. Philadelphia, Winston, 1928. 168p.
Tolbert, Mary Ann. Perspectives on the parables; an approach to multiple interpretations. Philadelphia, Fortress, 1979. 141p. Scholarly work considers the parable as a literary form while focusing on the theory and practice of interpretation.
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