These Semitic parables (as distinct from the classical) are no doubt the predecessors of those we find preserved in the Synoptic Gospels. Anyone who compares the parables in the Gospels with those ...

Some of the most impactful short stories come to us in the form of parables. Pithy, challenging, durable, and relentless, ...

The gospel of John is dramatically different than the synoptic gospels (Matthew ... John presents no parables and relatively few stories of healings. Instead, Jesus gives several long discourses ...