What's the Greatest Commandment?

The parable surrounding the good samaritan is one of the most brilliant parables ever told in jewish history. In order to understand jesus teaching, we have to set the stage by talking pashat lovel before we even read the parable. Rabbis of the first century like to tell parables and there are some that use a common templet. I would imagine,. i don't know if it's a scholarly book, but see if you can find iti. That one is a going to be on amazon soon.