Contents

Dedication

INTRODUCTION

How We Domesticate Jesus’s Provocative Stories

1. Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son

2. The Good Samaritan

3. The Kingdom of Heaven Is like Yeast

4. The Pearl of Great Price

5. The Mustard Seed

6. The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

7. The Laborers in the Vineyard

8. The Widow and the Judge

9. The Rich Man and Lazarus

CONCLUSION

The Power of Disturbing Stories

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Also by Amy-Jill Levine

Copyright

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