John P. Meier is William K. Warren Professor of Theology (New Testament) at the University of Notre Dame and the author of A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. He has also written six other books and over seventy articles. At various times he has been the editor or associate editor of The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, New Testament Studies, and Dead Sea Discoveries.
"John Meier's refusal to belong to a particular 'school' of Gospels
research is clearly evident in this latest volume in
the Marginal Jew series. His remarkable erudition both in
the primary sources and in the extensive secondary literature is
palpable throughout. He is the very model of a sober and learned
contrarian!"—Simon Gathercole, University of Cambridge
"The subject of the parables is one of the more daunting areas of
historical Jesus research. Yet, with his characteristic wisdom and
wit, John Meier guides us through the many parables that are
attached to Jesus' name. Freely conceding that in many cases utter
certainty will escape us, Meier shows us which parables are most
likely from the lips of Jesus and why."—Gary A. Anderson,
University of Notre Dame
"This book is a breath of fresh air—refreshingly forthright about
what can and cannot be said about the parables attributed to Jesus.
Meier shows that the parables can no longer be seen as the bedrock
for reconstructing the historical Jesus. Yet four parables have a
demonstrable origin in his teaching."—Adela Yarbro Collins, Yale
University
"Seldom in the history of scholarship has one scholar so
attractively combined both scientific and theological
sophistication as does John Meier, one of our leading experts on
the Historical Jesus. In this fifth volume of his definitive
Marginal Jew series, Meier explores the authenticity of Jesus’
parables."—James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological
Seminary
"Father Meier's amazingly disinterested accounts of the career of
Jesus will now include this subtle and astute exegesis of the
parables."—Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the
Humanities, Yale University
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