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Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as parables)
avg rating 4.49 — 311 ratings — published 2008
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as parables)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,740,200 ratings — published 1988
Parables: The Mysteries of God's Kingdom Revealed Through the Stories Jesus Told (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as parables)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,783 ratings — published 2015
Interpreting the Parables (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as parables)
avg rating 4.09 — 179 ratings — published 1990
The Pearl (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as parables)
avg rating 3.59 — 289,316 ratings — published 1947
The Parables of the Kingdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as parables)
avg rating 3.63 — 46 ratings — published 1935
What Do Jesus' Parables Mean? (Crucial Questions Series)
by (shelved 5 times as parables)
avg rating 4.44 — 531 ratings — published
The Richest Man in Babylon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as parables)
avg rating 4.23 — 252,906 ratings — published 1926
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as parables)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,790,782 ratings — published 1945
Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as parables)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,701 ratings — published 2014
The Parables: Jewish Tradition and Christian Interpretation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as parables)
avg rating 4.17 — 187 ratings — published 1995
Poet and Peasant, and Through Peasant Eyes: A Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables in Luke (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as parables)
avg rating 4.39 — 310 ratings — published 1976
The Power of Parable: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as parables)
avg rating 4.16 — 523 ratings — published 2012
The Parables: Understanding What Jesus Meant (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as parables)
avg rating 4.26 — 244 ratings — published 1991
The Parables of Jesus (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as parables)
avg rating 3.53 — 83 ratings — published 1954
The Parables of Jesus (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as parables)
avg rating 4.13 — 375 ratings — published 1983
Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as parables)
avg rating 4.43 — 464 ratings — published 2002
Tell Me the Stories of Jesus: The Explosive Power of Jesus’ Parables (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parables)
avg rating 4.27 — 324 ratings — published 2022
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parables)
avg rating 4.55 — 250,913 ratings — published 2019
Life in Christ Vol 2: Lessons from Our Lord's Miracles and Parables (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as parables)
avg rating 4.65 — 119 ratings — published
The Parables: Understanding the Stories Jesus Told (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parables)
avg rating 4.10 — 68 ratings — published 2002
Preaching the Parables: From Responsible Interpretation to Powerful Proclamation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parables)
avg rating 3.97 — 72 ratings — published 2004
The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parables)
avg rating 4.38 — 26,904 ratings — published 1991
Rediscovering the Parables of Jesus (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as parables)
avg rating 4.14 — 28 ratings — published 1965
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as parables)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,597,069 ratings — published 1943
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,546,253 ratings — published 1915
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 3.93 — 46,032 ratings — published 1968
The Scandal of the Kingdom: How the Parables of Jesus Revolutionize Life with God (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.50 — 915 ratings — published
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.18 — 295,295 ratings — published 1993
This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.23 — 5,556 ratings — published 2009
Life in Christ: Lessons from Our Lord's Miracles and Parables, Volume 1 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.52 — 331 ratings — published
Politically Correct Parables (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 3.33 — 27 ratings — published 1996
The Dark Interval: Towards a Theology of Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.06 — 84 ratings — published 1975
The Lottery (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.03 — 119,075 ratings — published 1948
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (Library Binding)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.37 — 57,689 ratings — published 1973
Fresh Eyes on Jesus’ Parables: Discovering New Insights in Familiar Passages (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.08 — 130 ratings — published
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,176 ratings — published 2007
The Storytelling God (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 3.91 — 270 ratings — published 2014
The Parables of Jesus: Lessons in Life from the Master Teacher (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 3.88 — 43 ratings — published 1981
Glory Veiled and Unveiled: A Heart-Searching Look at Christ's Parables (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.38 — 40 ratings — published 2012
A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume V - Probing the Authenticity of the Parables (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.21 — 48 ratings — published 2015
The Parables of Jesus: A Commentary (The Bible in Its World (BIW))
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.06 — 52 ratings — published 2000
The Challenge of Jesus' Parables (McMaster New Testament Series)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.05 — 19 ratings — published 2000
In Parables: The Challenge of the Historical Jesus (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 3.58 — 69 ratings — published 1973
Hear Then the Parable: A Commentary on the Parables of Jesus (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 3.93 — 42 ratings — published 1959
Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the Oppressed (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.21 — 104 ratings — published 1994
Notes on the Parables of Our Lord (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 3.78 — 9 ratings — published 1847
The Waiting Father: Sermons on the Parables of Jesus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 4.49 — 53 ratings — published 1959
An Introduction to the Parables of Jesus (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 3.96 — 24 ratings — published 1981
The Celestine Prophecy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as parables)
avg rating 3.74 — 125,426 ratings — published 1993
“I was ten years old when the gypsy fortune-teller told me the day and the hour of my death and I have been waiting since. As the hour draws nearer peace descends upon me. A lifetime of waiting has its own price to pay.” The Cuckoo’s Song”
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“Chain! Chain you! What! Run you not, then,
just where you please, and when?”
“Not always, sir; but what of that?”
“Enough for me, to spoil your fat!
It ought to be a precious price
which could to servile chains entice;
for me, I’ll shun them while I’ve wit.”
So ran Sir Wolf, and runneth yet.”
― Le loup dans les fables - La Fontaine - 2
just where you please, and when?”
“Not always, sir; but what of that?”
“Enough for me, to spoil your fat!
It ought to be a precious price
which could to servile chains entice;
for me, I’ll shun them while I’ve wit.”
So ran Sir Wolf, and runneth yet.”
― Le loup dans les fables - La Fontaine - 2
