It’s Maundy Thursday — the Holy Thursday before Easter — a commemoration of Jesus’ Last Supper. It’s a good day to discuss the question: What’s Your Favorite PARABLE BOOK?
On this site we list over 1000 books on Jesus’ Parables. Anyone should be able to find at least one favorite among our listings. I must confess I have not read nearly half of the titles listed here. However, my library does contain a copy of over half of them. It’s taken 10 years to accumulate the sources. Two of my particular favorites include:
Readers comments on the Capon book(s):
The referenced Capon book is actually a composite printing of 3 separate Parable Books by the same author. I believe the publisher found these three books so popular – they decided to print them as a unit. A great idea!
Recorded Reader Reviews include the following comments: Anne Lee / This is an amazing book: Josh / Pure brilliance: A reader / My favorite author… I would recommend him to anyone: A reader / I read Capon to keep me off balance: A reader / Amazing book, repetitive but life impacting: S. Tracy / This book provides an excellent discussion of the meaning of Jesus’ parables: R. McFarland / We loved it. Boy the discussions it fostered!!
Readers comments on the Buttrick book:
Isaac D. Kreutzer says this about the Buttrick book on PARABLES … “Arguably David Buttrick is the finest homilitician in the United States. His latest book, Speaking Parables, is a marvelous, no-nonsense map for this preacher.” Amen.
Dave Barhart when talking about “Speaking with PARABLES: A Homiletic Guide” says … “This book presents a rethinking of the way we approach the parables of Jesus. This book is in two parts. The first, shorter one explains the parables in general. The second part, the larger section of the book, is a parable-by-parable analysis. Buttrick’s exegesis is not only good, it’s a fun read. With some parables he provides sample sermons and critiques which are enjoyable lessons in sermon construction themselves.” I agree.
Buttrick’s book is also very well documented with 5 separate pages of “notes” which follow the material he is discussing, chapter by chapter.
What’s Your Favorite Parable Book?
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