The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...

Why did Jesus speak to people in parables? Scholars are agreed beyond doubt that Jesus taught in parables. The parable is a type of speech act in which the speaker attempts to draw comparisons between ...

I would like to comment on a recent letter called “A parable" (Helena IR, March 26). This parable compared people and societies with socks. It seemed clear that a lost sock was symbolic of a homeless ...