ReImagine the World by Bernard Brandon Scott

In his parables Jesus re-imagines the world. The re-imagined world, called the kingdom of God, presents his followers with a new option for living, one that contrasts with the default world of the everyday. The new world is both terrifying and liberating. In this book the author sets his interpretation of the key parables of Jesus in the context of other things Jesus said and did. The result is a startling and provocative picture of the historical figure and the challenge he presents to contemporary life.

"Scott's language, with a flair for the creative and the idiomatic, his unobtrusive scholarship, and his personal approach to interpretation make this an ideal resource for introducing the parables to a lay audience." —The Catholic Biblical Quarterly

"Brandon Scott is a veteran scholar of the parables. In this volume he outdoes himself in making a difficult subject accessible to the neophyte. The reader will not soon forget his incisive analysis of the Leaven, the Mustard Seed, and the Empty Jar."; —Robert W. Funk

It will be difficult to find a better book for serious study by people of all abilities." —Sewanee Theological Review

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