Parables of the Kingdom: Jesus and the Use of Parables in the Synoptic TraditionLiturgical Press, 2007 - 191 pagini Do you not understand this parable? is a question Jesus posed to his disciples (Mark 4:13). Just as the first disciples often did not understand Jesus ' many parables, so it is for listeners and readers nearly two thousand years later. In Parables of the Kingdom, Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan helps readers to hear and see and understand the parables of Jesus. She offers a general introduction to the use of parables in the life and ministry of Jesus and the early church. In addition, Getty-Sullivan helps readers learn to interpret parables, to enter into what the parables can reveal about Jesus and his audience, about the evangelists and their communities, and about how we are to understand the Kingdom of God today. Parables of the Kingdom helps us hear and see Jesus ' parables with new eyes and renewed hearts 'thereby allowing the parables to transform our lives and help us respond with new conviction to the gospel's power in our world. Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan holds an S.T.D. from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. She has been teaching New Testament courses in colleges and seminaries for more than thirty years and has recently retired from teaching full time to devote more time to writing and lecturing. Mary Ann has written several commentaries on the Letters of Saint Paul. Her recent books include Women in the New Testament published by Liturgical Press. |
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Jesus and the Use of Parables in the Synoptic Tradition Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan. A Parable Is a Comparison Parables are simple word pictures well suited to the oral culture of Jesus ' original hearers . Jesus ' parables compare one thing ...
Jesus and the Use of Parables in the Synoptic Tradition Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan. wayward son will return ? What laborers who have borne the heat of the sun doing backbreaking work expect to receive the same as those who have only shown ...
Jesus and the Use of Parables in the Synoptic Tradition Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan. on the pathways represents how the ... Jesus ' preferred tools to involve hearers in the process of revelation so that they can better perceive the truths of ...
Jesus and the Use of Parables in the Synoptic Tradition Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan. Jesus ' initial words reveal the gospel as the fulfillment of time and the arrival of the reign of God . Followers are expected to believe in this reve ...
... Jesus ' use of parables was not unique or novel . The practice of telling stories as a teaching method was well known in Judaism , and grew even more popular especially in the 200 - year period just before Jesus . It is particularly in ...
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Chapter 3 | 35 |
Parables Matthew Shared with Mark | 49 |
Parables as Matthew Tells Them | 77 |
Parables According to Luke | 113 |
Parables of Lukes Travel Narrative | 136 |
Conclusion | 169 |
Glossary of Basic Terms for the Study of the Parables | 183 |
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