Introduction
One. Jesus and the actual other
Part One. Jesus came eating and drinking
Two. Jesus, John the Baptist, and the resentful children
Three. The mythological and the demonic
Four. Receiving versus holding
Five. Jesus and his table companions
Part Two. When Jesus smiled
Six. Jesus' photodramatic parables
Seven. What I do is me
Part Three. The teller of stories
Eight. The rich man who had a steward
Nine. The man who once gave a dinner and invited guests
Ten. The householder who went out at dawn to hire labourers
Eleven. The man going down the road who fell among robbers
Twelve. The man who had two sons
Conclusion. The teller of stories
Summary. The Silence of Jesus