Synopses & Reviews
Las parabolas de Jesus son refranes e historias enigmaticas con el potencial de transformar el mundo. Las parabolas: predicandolas y viviandolas ofrece un entendimiento de camo funcionan las parabolas y una variedad nueva de posibles significados no solamente para el palico original de Jesas y los primeros cristianos para quienes escribieron Mateo, Marcos y Lucas sino tambian para cristianos contemporaneos. Se analizan las parabolas del Evangelio en el orden en el cual aparecen en el leccionario, lo cual convierte este libro en un recurso indispensale para predicadores, profesores, catequistas, planeadores de liturgia y grupos de estudios bablicos.
Barbara Reid es profesora del Nuevo Testamento enCatholic Theological Union, Chicago. Ella ha escrito Matthew en la serie de New Collegeville Bible Commentary al igual que Choosing the Better Part? Women in the Gospel of Luke, ambos publicados por Liturgical Press.
Synopsis
The parables of Jesus are puzzling sayings and stories with world-transforming potential. Parables for Preachers offers an understanding of how parables work and a fresh variety of possible meanings not only for Jesus' original audience and for the early Christians for whom Matthew, Mark, and Luke wrote but also for contemporary Christians as well. The Gospel parables are analyzed in the order in which they appear in the Lectionary, making this book an indispensable resource for preachers, teachers, catechists, liturgy planners, and Bible study groups.
About the Author
Barbara E. Reid, OP, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and is professor of New Testament and vice president and academic dean at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Her most recent books are Taking Up the Cross: New Testament Interpretations Through Latina and Feminist Eyes (Fortress Press, 2007), The Gospel According to Matthew (Liturgical Press, 2005), Parables for Preachers (3 volumes; Liturgical Press, 1999, 2 , 2001), and Choosing the Better Part? Women in the Gospel of Luke (Liturgical Press, 1996). She is general editor for Wisdom Commentary Series (forthcoming from Liturgical Press).