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A Marginal Jew, Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Volume 5
24 June 2026
John P. Meier
Argues that only four parables — the Mustard Seed, the Evil Tenants, the Talents, and the Great Supper — can be attributed to the historical Jesus with fair certitude, challenging the common scholarly assumption that most Synoptic parables are historically Jesus' own.
Publisher: Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN: 9780300211900
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