Funk on Parables

Contents

Introduction by Bernard Brandon Scott
Movements: Robert W. Funk's Contribution to the Study of Parables

Robert W. Funk: Parables Publications

Part 1 On Parables

The Parable as Metaphor
(Language, Hermeneutic, and Word of God, 1966)    

Crossing Over
(Jesus as Precursor, 1975)

Parable as Trope
(unpublished essay, 2004)

Part 2 Lurking behind the Samaritan

The Old Testament in Parable: The Good Samaritan
(Language, Hermeneutic, and Word of God, 1966)

The Good Samaritan as Metaphor
(Parables and Presence, 1982)

Part 3 Sauntering through the Parables

The Leaven: Away-from-here as Destination
( Jesus as Precursor, 1975)

The Looking-glass Tree Is for the Birds
(Jesus as Precursor, 1975)

The Narrative Parables: The Birth of a Language Tradition
( Parables and Presence, 1982)

Parable, Paradox, and Power: The Prodigal Samaritan
(Parables and Presence, 1982)

Part 4 Dismantling and Recovering

From Parable to Gospel
(Forum 1,3, 1985)

Jesus the Silent Sage
(Jesus as Precursor, 1994)

Jesus: A Voice Print
(Profiles of Jesus, 2002)

The Mythical Matrix and God as Metaphor
(Forum n.s. 3,2, 2003)

Notes

Works Consulted

Biblical Index