What follows is an introduction bibliography of suggested reading, from varying perspectives, on the parables. If I had to choose just one, however, it would be the Snodgrass volume.
Klyne Snodgrass, Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus
Arland J. Hultgren, The Parables of Jesus: A Commentary
J.P. Meier, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, vol. V: Probing the Authenticity of the Parables
Kenneth E. Bailey, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes
Idem. The Cross & The Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants
Craig L. Blomberg, Interpreting the Parables
Joachim Jeremias, Rediscovering the Parables
John Dominic Crossan, The Power of Parable: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus
Klyne Snodgrass, Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus
Arland J. Hultgren, The Parables of Jesus: A Commentary
J.P. Meier, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, vol. V: Probing the Authenticity of the Parables
Kenneth E. Bailey, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes
Idem. The Cross & The Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants
Craig L. Blomberg, Interpreting the Parables
Joachim Jeremias, Rediscovering the Parables
John Dominic Crossan, The Power of Parable: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus
