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Additional Resources for
Session 4: History and Metaphor
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Outline of the Hero archetype in classic Greek literature (G.J. Riley).
Table of Jesus as the Persecuted Righteous One in the Gospel of Mark (from Burton L. Mack, The Myth of Innocence, following G.W.E. Nickelsburg)
Table listing episodes from Passion Parallels Workbook and their distribution over the Gospels.
Workbook for the Passion Narrative, using texts from the Scholars Version translation.
Bishop John Shelby Spong
The following chapters in books by Bishop John Shelby Spong are relevant to questions of history and metaphor in the Gospels:
Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes (1996)
11. Jewish Starts in the Stories of Jesus' birth (185-99)
12. Joseph: The Shadowy Figure (201-18)
13. How the Virgin Birth Tradition Began (219-32)
14. He Died According to the Scriptures, I (233-45)
15. He Died According to the Scriptures, II (247-55)Born of a Woman (1992)
1. Escaping Biblical Literalism (1-14)
8. Behind Luke--An original Pageant? (99-112)
9. Luke's Story, Part I (113-36)
10. Luke's Story, Part II (137-59)Send us your suggestions for more supplementary materials!
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