TY - BOOK AU - Hedrick, Charles W AU - Hedrick,Charles W TI - Parables as Poetic Fictions: The Creative Voice of Jesus SN - 1597523976 U1 - B74.4 PY - 1994/// CY - Oregon PB - Wipf & Stock Publishers N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; Part 1: Prolegomenon 1 Introduction: Assumptions and methods .....3 2 The parables of jesus and the kingdom of god .....7 Part 2: Parables as fictions 3 Realism, and literary critism of the parables .....39 4 Toward the development of apoetics for the stories of jesus .......57 5 The parables of jesus and the clash of fictions .....73 Part 3: Readings of the parables as poetic fictions 6 The samaritan .......93 7 The treasure parables in Matthew and Thomas ......117 8 The rich man in Thomas; The rich fool in Luke ......142 9 A sower .....164 10 The unjust judge .......187 11 The pharisee and the toll collector .......208 ER -