Who in the World Was Jesus

This book scrutinizes the 39 parables attributed to Jesus in the Gospels. Jesus was a part of a story-telling society in the first century land of Israel. A popular maxim characterizes them as “earthly stories with heavenly meanings.” They often appear that way in context of the Gospels of the New Testament. However, if you retroject them back into the dynamic context of the life and activity of Jesus they suddenly assume not just a “spiritual” but also a more “earthly” vibrancy. Knowing that co