Parable and story in Judaism and Christianity / Clemens Thoma and Michael Wyschogrod, editors.

"A Stimulus book."

"Articles grew out of a consultation on Parable and story as sources of Jewish and Christian theology held in Lucerne, Switzerland, June 2-4, 1986 and sponsored by the Institute for Jewish-Christian Relations of the American Jewish Congress and the Institute for Jewish-Christian Research of the Theological Faculty of Lucerne (Catholic)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Aesop's Miser and the Parable of the talents / David Flusser -- Literary and theological aspects of the rabbinic parables / Clemens Thoma -- Jesus' parables from the perspective of rabbinic literature : the example of the wicked husbandmen / David Stern -- A fresh analysis of the Parable of the wicked husbandmen in the light of Jewish-Christian dialogue / Aaron A. Milavec -- New ways with Bible stories / Frank Kermode -- Figurative speech : function, form, exegesis : a linguistic approach / Paul Michel -- Understanding the Mashal and its value for the Jewish-Christian dialogue in a narrative theology / Lawrence Boadt -- Narrative aspects of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans / Romano Penna -- Fear of faith : the subordination of prayer to narrative in modern Yiddish poems / Kathryn Hellerstein -- Modern Hebrew literature as a source for Jewish theology : repositioning the question / Alan Mintz.