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Intended to appeal to both Christians and Jews,A Rabbi Looks at Jesus' Parables is an introduction to the teachings of Jesus, and compares the similarities and differences in Jesus' thinking to other Jewish sources from first-century Palestine. Each chapter uncovers hidden messages within each of Jesus' parables, and discusses each parable within its first-century religious and historical context. The book attempts to build bridges of understanding between Christians and Jews by exploring the notion that we share a common history.

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The volume does provide a worthwhile resource as to the Jewish background of the parables and at times a Jewish hearing of the parables.--Michael Moss Stone Campbell Journal (Fall, 2007)

The volume does provide a worthwhile resource as to the Jewish background of the parables and at times a Jewish hearing of the parables.--Michael Moss Stone Campbell Journal, (Fall, 2007)

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Frank Stern is an ordained rabbi and the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Religion in American Life at California State University-Fullerton. He also lectures widely on Judaism, Comparative Religion, and Jewish-Christian Relations.

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