Guides: GSRE 199.05 The Power of Story: Christ’s Parables and Your Life Story (Walling) (FYS): Getting Started

Parables of Jesus

Parable of the Lost Sheep: Matthew 18: 10-14 , Luke 15:3-7
Parable of the Lost Coin: Luke 15:8-10
Parable of the Lost Son / Prodigal Son: Luke 15:11-32
Parable of the Good Samaritan: Luke 10:25-37
Parable of the Leaven (Kingdom of Heaven is like Yeast): Matthew 13:33
Parable of the Pearl: Matthew 13:45-46
Parable of the Mustard Seed: Matthew 13:33 / Mark 4:30-34
Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector: Luke 18:9-14
Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard: Matthew 20:1-16
Parable of the Widow and the Judge: Luke 18:1-8
Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus: Luke 16:19-31

Use your Study Bible or a site like https://www.biblica.com/, https://www.blueletterbible.org/, https://www.biblegateway.com,

Find Books

Search the Libraries catalog for books on the Parables. Try searching the catalog using these subject headings:

You can also browse the shelves in Payson Library at these call number ranges:

New Testament
- BS 2333 New Testament
- BS 2548 Gospels and Acts
- BS 2549 Gospels
- BS 2570 Matthew
- BS 2580 Mark
- BS 2589 Luke and Acts
- BS 2590 Luke

Puzzling the Parables of Jesus (ebook) by Ruben Zimmermann
ISBN: 9781451465327
Publication Date: 2015
Zimmermann explores the dynamics of parabolic speech in all their rich complexity.
Parables Unplugged (ebook) by Thuren
ISBN: 9781451465266
Publication Date: 2014
Thuren proposes to read the parables "unplugged" from any assumptions beyond those given in the narrative situation in the text, on the common-sense premise that the very form of the parable works to propose a (sometimes startling) resolution to a particular problem.
The Anchor Bible Dictionary (6 volumes)
Call Number: REFERENCE BS440 .A54 1992
ISBN: 9780385193610
Offers up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects and scholarship. Focuses on cultural history and methodology.

JSTOR
Access the journal archives Arts & Sciences I, II, & III, IV, and over 40,000 ebooks on the JSTOR platform; book chapters and journal articles are cross-searchable. JSTOR is an extensive archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering subject disciplines in Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.

Commentaries

Some commentary series are in Payson Library's Reference section, including the following:

Anchor Bible Commentary
Word Biblical Commentary
Hermeneia
Smith & Helwys

Find additional commentaries here:

Reading the Parables (ebook) by Richard Lischer
ISBN: 9780664231651
Publication Date: 2014
In this volume, Richard Lischer provides a guide to parables and proposes an important distinction between reading and interpreting the parables.
Matthew 8-20: A Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (Hermeneia) (Ebook) by Ulrich Luz
ISBN: 9780800660345
Publication Date: 2001
This is the second of a three-volume commentary on the gospel of Matthew from Europe's leading Matthew scholar.
Mark: A Commentary (Hermeneia) (ebook) by Adela Yarbro Collins
ISBN: 9780800660789
Publication Date: 2007
Professor Adela Yarbro Collins brings to bear on the text of the first Gospel the latest historical-critical perspectives.
Luke 2: A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke 9:51-19:27 (Hermeneia) (ebook) by Francois Bovon
ISBN: 9780800697594
Publication Date: 2013
This is the second volume of François Bovon's three-volume commentary on the Gospel of Luke.

Finding Articles

Atla Religion Database
Provides access to 632,100 article citations from more than 1,650 journals (518 currently indexed), more than 260,200 essay citations from over 16,700 multi-author works, more than 575,400 book review citations, essays, ministry reports and a growing number of multimedia citations. Full text for more than 442,300 articles & reviews. Includes major theology and religious journals reflecting all major faiths, denominations and language groups. Beginning in 1949 although indexing for some journal titles extends back into the nineteenth century.

To find journal articles, try using the databases ATLA, which covers Religion periodicals, or Academic Search Complete, which is interdisciplinary.

Be sure to limit your results, so that only articles from peer-reviewed (scholarly) journals appear. You can do this on EBSCOhost via the search page:

For more on finding articles, click the corresponding tab on the left-hand side of the page.

Academic Search Complete
Provides full text coverage to nearly 9,100 journals, including over 7,900 peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more. Full-text coverage dates back to 1985 and is updated daily.
JSTOR
Access the journal archives Arts & Sciences I, II, & III, IV, and over 40,000 ebooks on the JSTOR platform; book chapters and journal articles are cross-searchable. JSTOR is an extensive archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering subject disciplines in Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.

Biographical Information

Biography in Context
Provides biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. The database also provides full-text articles from over 350 magazines and newspapers and includes more than 27,000 images plus links to Web sites tied to the lives and works of the subjects.

Some 50,000 new and/or updated biographies are added each year, as well as daily status updates of existing subjects