Encountering the Parables in Contexts Old and New - Paperbackby T. E. Goud (Editor), J. R. C. Cousland (Editor), John P. Harrison (Editor) The contributors to this book pursue three important lines of inquiry into parable study, in order to illustrate how these lessons have been received throughout the millennia. The contributors consider not only the historical and material world of the parables' composition, and focusing on the social, political, economic, and material reality of that world, but also seek to