Overcoming Dichotomies

Albertina Oegema (Herausgegeben von) Born 1989; studied theology at the University of Groningen; 2021 PhD degree at Utrecht University; currently postdoctoral researcher at the Protestant Theological University, Amsterdam/Groningen, and lecturer New Testament and Koine Greek at the Radboud University, Nijmegen.Jonathan Pater (Herausgegeben von) Born 1983; studied theology, religious studies, and spiritual care in Utrecht, Tilburg, and Nijmegen; currently finishing his PhD at Tilburg University, and works as a healthcare chaplain.Martijn Stoutjesdijk (Herausgegeben von) Born 1989; studied theology, philosophy, and history of ancient Near Eastern civilizations in Utrecht and Leiden; 2021 PhD degree at Tilburg University; currently postdoctoral researcher at the Protestant Theological University, Amsterdam/Groningen.

• Albertina Oegema/Martijn Stoutjesdijk: Beyond the Parable-Fable Dichotomy: An Introduction to the Volume− Jonathan Pater: Parables in the New Testament and Rabbinic Literature between Simile and Fable: A status quaestionisGreek and Roman LiteratureJeremy B. Lefkowitz: Fabulous Style: Learning to Compose Fables in the Progymnasmata − Gerard J. Boter: "Look at Heracles!" The Role of Similes and Exempla in Epictetus's Philosophical Teaching − Annemarie Ambühl: Animal Similes in Roman Imperial Epic in Their Literary, Cultural, and Political Contexts − Ruben Zimmermann: The Fables according to Babrius and the New Testament Parables Early Jewish and Rabbinic LiteratureSean A. Adams: Fables in Philo of Alexandria: λόγος, μ ῦθος, and παραβολή − Stephen Llewelyn/Lydia Gore-Jones: Cognitive Blending Theory and the Mashal of the Forest and the Sea in 4 Ezra 4:13-17: The Boundedness of Human Knowledge − Lieve Teugels: From the Lion to the Snake, from the Wolf to the Bear: Rescue and Punishment in Classical Fables and Rabbinic Meshalim − Galit Hasan-Rokem: Folk Narrative Poetics of Late Antique Parables and Fables: The Rabbis' Double Vision − Lorena Miralles Maciá: Folktale Images in the Midrashic Context: Fable Motifs in Leviticus Rabbah 4New Testament and Early Christian LiteratureCatherine Hezser: Finding a Treasure: The Treasure Motif in Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman Narratives in the Context of Rabbinic Halakhah and Roman Law − Justin D. Strong: How to Interpret Parables in Light of the Fable: Lessons from the Promythium and Epimythium − Mary Ann Beavis: Fables, Parables and Slaves: Epictetus, Aesop and the Gospels in Conversation with North American Slave Narratives − Konrad Schwarz: Parabolic Stories in the Gospel of Thomas and the Aesopic Tradition: Some Reflections on Reading Practices and Literary Traditions in the Second and Third Century − Ingvild S. Gilhus: "You Ought to Observe Hounds When They Are Hunting Hares": Examples and Similes about Animals in the Apophthegmata PatrumDiachronic PerspectivesPeter J. Tomson: Fables, Proverbs, Parables, Allegories: Ancient Border-Crossing Lore