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""Front Matter""; ""Front Cover""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table Of Contents""; ""List Of Tables""; ""List Of Figures""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Contents""; ""PART I: In Pursuit of Wisdom""; ""CHAPTER 1: The Nature and Structure of Parables""; ""PART II: Apples of Gold""; ""CHAPTER 2: Biblical Parables: The Parable of the Poor Man's Ewe Lamb""; ""CHAPTER 3: Synoptic Gospel Parables: The Parable of the Marriage Feast""; ""CHAPTER 4: Rabbinic Parables: The Parable of the King's Banquet""; ""CHAPTER 5: Chassidic Parables: Two Kinds of Faith""
""PART III: Imperial Messages""""CHAPTER 6: Wisdom Lost: Modern Parables""; ""CHAPTER 7: Franz Kafka: An Imperial Message""; ""CHAPTER 8: Jorge Luis Borges: The Parable of Cervantes and The Quixote""; ""CHAPTER 9: Itala Calvina: Cities and Signs""; ""CHAPTER 10: S. Y. Agnon: An Opening to Kaddish""; ""TOWARD A CONCLUSION: ""SOME FABULOUS YONDER""""; ""Back Matter""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""Back Cover""