Jesus the Riddler: The Power of Ambiguity in the Gospels

As most readers of the New Testament know, the words of Jesus are often spoken in riddles—in parables and other sayings that were and continue to be difficult to understand. In Jesus the Riddler, Tom Thatcher explains that Jesus may have been intentionally ambiguous, using riddles to establish his authority as a teacher and to encourage his followers to think more deeply about the nature of truth. Jesus' riddles, like riddles across many cultures, potentially refer to many different things,...