Help! What book would you suggest???

I am wanting to do some studying and lesson building in the Parables. I look into Logos.com and find many many books about Parables..... and I don't know any of the authors...

Would someone please suggest one or two author that I might look into or purchase?

Thanks...

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Bruce Dunning

I found this to be helpful - https://www.logos.com/product/46705/stories-with-intent-a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-parables-of-jesus

I will also be monitoring this thread to see what others say.

Olli-Pekka Ylisuutari

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1193861#Comment_1193861

I found this to be helpful - https://www.logos.com/product/46705/stories-with-intent-a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-parables-of-jesus

Indeed, Snodgrass, and these, too:

Interpreting the Parables | Logos Bible Software by Craig Blomberg.

Anything from Kenneth E. Bailey is very good:

Poet and Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes: A Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables in Luke | Logos Bible Software

The Cross and the Prodigal: Luke 15 through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants | Logos Bible Software

Then there's Robert F. Capon (quite radical interpretation):

Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus | Logos Bible Software

More academic:

The Parables of Jesus: A Commentary | Logos Bible Software by Arland Hultgren

Rediscovering the Parables | Logos Bible Software by Joachim Jeremias

From a historical-critical perspective:

A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Vol. 5: Probing the Authenticity of the Parables | Logos Bible Software

Mattillo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1193861#Comment_1193861

I second Snodgrass though there is a 2nd edition. I don't own it but it has an extra chapter if that interests you

https://www.logos.com/product/150083/stories-with-intent-a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-parables-of-jesus-2nd-ed

- This tenth anniversary edition includes a substantial new chapter that surveys developments in the interpretation of parables since the book’s original 2008 publication.

Others I've enjoyed:

https://www.logos.com/product/190207/parables-mysteries-of-gods-kingdom-revealed-through-the-stories-jesus-told

https://www.logos.com/product/45821/poet-and-peasant-and-through-peasant-eyes-a-literary-cultural-approach-to-the-parables-in-luke

https://www.logos.com/product/10393/the-parables-of-jesus-lessons-in-life-from-the-master-teacher

Haven't read this but seen it mentioned a few times

https://www.logos.com/product/186556/interpreting-the-parables

Dave Hooton

Try Parables: Portraits of God’s Kingdom in Matthew, Mark, and Luke by J. Barry.

Greg Dement

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1193863#Comment_1193863

Olli, great recommendations. Would just point out that Interpreting the Parables by Blomberg has a 2nd edition:

https://www.logos.com/product/186556/interpreting-the-parables