Top Ten Books on the Parables

Okay, I’ve read a lot of books on the parables, they are very different, but here are my top ten:

1. Klyne Snodgrass, Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007.
2. Blomberg, Craig L. Interpreting the Parables. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1990.
3. Blomberg, Craig L. Preaching the Parables: From Responsible Interpretation to Powerful Proclamation. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2012.
4. Longenecker, Richard N. The Challenge of Jesus’ Parables. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
5. Wenham, D. The Parables of Jesus: Pictures of Revolution. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989.
6. Scott, Bernard Brandon. Hear Then the Parable: A Commentary on the Parables of Jesus. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1989.
7. Young, Brad. The Parables: Jewish Tradition and Christian Interpretation. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1997.
8. Perkins, Pheme. Hearing the Parables of Jesus. New York: Paulist Press, 1981.
9. Burge, Gary M. Jesus, the Middle Eastern Storyteller. ACAF. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009.
10. Westermann, Claus. The Parables of Jesus in the Light of the Old Testament. Edited and translated by F. W. Golka and A. H. B. Logan. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990.