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A serious resource | Stories With Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus | Klyne Snodgrass

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	• Stories With Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus Klyne Snodgrass Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008 - 846 pages average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great Pastoral Aid

This book was required for a seminary course on the parables. I am very glad that my professor told me to buy it. Snodgrass provides a clear synopsis of many of the parables including background material, extra-biblical references, options for interpretation, and answers to likely hermeneutical questions. While I don't necessarily agree with every one of his interpretations, he does demonstrate a great framework to use when interpreting the parables.

I plan on keeping this book on my shelf as an aid to any preaching or teaching I do on the parables in the future. As of right now I can't imagine why I would ever need another reference book on the parables.

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More than I bargained for but....

When I first got this book in the mail I was shocked by its thickness. I quickly reviewed the book before buying, but I do emphasize "quickly." However I'm only half way through, but I love it. This book is really a year-long class in a book, but it's so insightful, and I love the format. I'd recommend this book to anyone desiring to learn more about the parables of Jesus. It's insightful, but not too "heady." I'll forever have this book on my shelf as a resource I know I'll be using time and time again.

A serious resource

This book is a serious resource for Bible students. It is comprehensive, opinionated and meticulous in its approach. The author provides a wealth of background material placing parables in the context of the first century. His readings on the parables are fact driven and well supported.
The only drawback to this book is that the sheer size and scope may overwhelm the casual reader. But if you invest the time this book will richly reward you.

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2009 Christianity Today Book Award Winner

28 Jan 2009 - Christianity Today announced Stories With Intent as the 2009 winner in the Biblical Studies category. Across the 10 categories, CT says 436 books from 67 publishers were submitted.

I hope this keeps raising the profile of this incredibly worthy reference work!

Indispensible reference volume

This is an outstanding, comprehensive work on the parables of Jesus, with thorough background material and long quotes from primary sources in Jewish and Greek literature. Must reading for all who teach and preach the words of Jesus.

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