Parables in Midrash is one of the most sophisticated and mature works on rabbinic literature in this century… All readers will find the book an extremely valuable synthesis of cutting-edge methodologies, thorough knowledge of textual traditions, and the best exegesis of traditional literature the academy has to offer.
-- Burton L. Visotzky Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Well-written, comprehensible to the nonexpert and thorough in its description of material and in its use of modern literary criticism.
-- Anthony J. Saldarini Theological Studies
Stern argues persuasively that…the mashal’s narrative becomes in itself a distinctly rabbinic form of scriptural exegesis. Stern’s comparative discussions of parables ascribed to Jesus and the use of the mashal in later Hebrew literature make this book of great interest to students of New Testament, rabbinics, and literary theory.
-- Martin S. Jaffee Religious Studies Review