"allegory" = parable

[Herb Stahlke]

Oden, Thomas C., ed.  1978.  Parables of Kierkegaard.  Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press.

Herb

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The History Channel's show on Beowulf (2009) explains that the dragon
> epsiode is "an allegory about the dangers of greed."
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> Maybe "allegory" sounds right to  I presume millions because only Jesus
> tells "parables."
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> JL
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