Cliffs of Fall: Paradox and Polyvalence in the Parables of Jesus by John Dominic

Description: Cliffs of Fall by John Dominic Crossan When John Dominic Crossans book, In Parables: The Challenge of the Historical Jesus, was published in 1973, it was heralded as a major development in research both on the parables and on the historical Jesus. This was due not only to its sophisticated use of historical, literary, and philosophical disciplines but also to the sensitive way in which they were combined and to the novel insights that resulted when this combination was focused on individual parables. The present book continues most directly and explicitly the study initiated by In Parables and may be regarded as bringing that earlier volume up to date on three major issues. Conceptually, the emphasis on metaphor from In Parables has led to the discussion of polyvalence, or semantic pluralism, in Jesuss parables. Pluralistic meaning is an intensely paradoxical concept and it raises issues that touch the very roots of our consciousness and our reality. Metaphor is now no longer a clearing within the forest of language but is rather the very ground of that language itself. Any given metaphor illumines and reveals the radical metaphoricity of all reality. Philosophically, the question is raised whether the polyvalence inherent in metaphor, along with the critically iterated claims for its untranslatability, may be better explained as a surplus of meaning, or as an absence of the meaning, a refusal of canonical meaning which is then the necessary but negative basis for the plurality of meanings and the abiding fecundity of interpretations. Exegetically, as specific example and deliberate narratival metaphor of the entire book, Jesuss serenely pastoral parable of the Sower, with its specified triad of gains, its plurality or polyvalence both of failure and success, is centrally discussed as textual focus for the volume. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography John Dominic Crossan is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at DePaul University, Chicago. He has written twenty books on the historical Jesus in the last thirty years, four of which have become national religious bestsellers: The Historical Jesus (1991), Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994), Who Killed Jesus? (1995), and The Birth of Christianity (1998). He is a former co-chair of the Jesus Seminar, and a former chair of the Historical Jesus Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, an international scholarly association for biblical study based in the United States. Details ISBN1556358237 Author John Dominic Crossan Short Title CLIFFS OF FALL Publisher Wipf & Stock Publishers Language English ISBN-10 1556358237 ISBN-13 9781556358234 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 226.806 Year 2008 Imprint Wipf & Stock Publishers Subtitle Paradox and Polyvalence in the Parables of Jesus Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Eugene Residence Clermont, FL, US Illustrations Illustrations, black and white DOI 10.1604/9781556358234 AU Release Date 2008-03-01 NZ Release Date 2008-03-01 US Release Date 2008-03-01 UK Release Date 2008-03-01 Pages 128 Publication Date 2008-03-01 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:127076301;

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