Parables and presence

By Robert Walter Funk

Subjects: Bible, Stijlen, Gleichnis, Paraboles, Critique, interprétation, Biblical Parables, Language, style, Brieven, Langue, Nieuwe Testament, Criticism, interpretation, Bibel, Literarkritik, Gelijkenissen, Parables, 11.46 study and interpretation of the New Testament

Description: These seminal essays explore forms of the New Testament tradition on the basis of a view of language as perception, problem, and promise. The author firmly believes that language contains "glimpses of worlds aborning" even though contemporary minds, given to literal-mindedness, may see this view as simply mysterious. This view of language, however, when connected in a fundamental way with the tradition and canon of the New Testament, compels systematic reflection. - from book cover