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This volume aims to broaden our understanding of the related genres of parables, fables, and similes in the Graeco-Roman world. These genres, which make use of narrative analogy, appear in early Christian and ancient Jewish literatures and in various Graeco-Roman sources. However, despite the fact that these texts were part of the wider cultural context of Graeco-Roman antiquity, they have not yet been thoroughly studied in relation to each other. The present volume brings together contributions on a range of Graeco-Roman, Jewish, and Christian sources, so as to contribute to the study of parables, fables, and similes across disciplinary boundaries. The contributions highlight the fluid boundaries between these different genres, but also demonstrate how their adoption and adaption in different literary works give expression to the distinct identities of the composers.

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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. 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. 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.

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