Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Methodology for Identifying Third-Century King-Parables -- Chapter 2: Identifying and Classifying the Third-Century Rabbinic King-Parables -- Chapter 3: Form and Structure -- Chapter 4: The Figure of the King -- Chapter 5: Functions -- Chapter 6: Settings -- Chapter 7: The Figure of God -- Chapter 8: Third-Century King-Parables as Resistance Literature -- Chapter 9: Third-Century King-Parables as a Source of Roman History -- Appendix: Jesus' King-Parables -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
The Rabbis' King-Parables: Midrash From the Third-Century Roman Empire examines the ancient Rabbis at work using parables about kings; parables that reflect the Rabbis' ideas about the role of the ruler in society, and the relationship of humanity to God. It considers the parables as resistance literature in light of the work of theorists of dominated groups. It is the first systematic attempt to read the parables as sources for Roman history in over 100 years
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