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. For my husband , Dan Sullivan , who has shown me and many others by example the power of parables . Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to the Parables 1 Chapter ...
... example , God is like and unlike the woman who searched her whole house for the lost coin . God is also like the shepherd who leaves the ninety - nine sheep in order to search for the single sheep that has wandered away from the flock ...
... examples , similes , allegories , as well as the more familiar , expanded metaphors in narrative form , which are the object of our study . Once we understand that , we are impressed with the abundance of parabolic images we encounter ...
... example , to light or salt , but without the terms " like " or " as " : " You are the salt of the earth " ( Matt 5:13 ) or " You are the light of the world " ( 5:14 ) . Thus , parable - like language is used to describe in familiar ...
... explains the meaning of several of the metaphors he used ( Mark 4 : 15-17 and parallels in other gospels ) . For example , the seed sown on the pathways represents how the temptations of Satan rob 4 Parables of the Kingdom.
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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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