NO OF PAGES: 326 SUB CAT I: Parables SUB CAT II: Writings SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: Fully one-third of Jesus' words in the Synoptic Gospels occur in parables. These have been subject to reinterpretation in new contexts throughout the centuries. Young challenges readers to remember that 1st century Judaism was not merely the backdropNOTES: SUBTITLE: Jewish Tradition and Christian Interpretation