Metaphors in the Gospels

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Excerpt from Metaphors in the Gospels: A Series of Short StudiesEvery' religious teacher must use metaphors, and the higher the religion the greater the need of them. The objects and interests spoken of are too great. And holy to be adequately contained in didactic and logical forms. They require type, allegory, par able, word-picture, and suggestive simile in order to reach the human understanding and heart. And of this method of conveying and illuminating 'reli gions truth Jesus of Nazareth was the most perfect Master that the world has seen. How naturally His metaphors rose out of the occasion, and appealed to the observation and experience of those who heard Him, we have tried to show again and again in the following pages.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.