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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... hearts , and their behavior . The parables invite us to live in a new way , in a way worthy of the Gospel . Discovering Parables Many very short " parabolic " sayings characterize both the Old and the New Testaments , which , as ...
... heart . When Jesus praises the servant who alters the accounts of his master's debtors ( see Luke 16 : 1-8 ) , he is not advocating dishonesty . Rather , Jesus calls for his disciples to be as dedicated to the values of the coming reign ...
... hearts and minds and make themselves more open to the reign of God . Parables are not meant merely to compare gospel ... heart and core of the message of Jesus . This is but one example of many challenges that confronts us all as readers ...
... hearts where money is a distraction . At the very beginning of his public ministry according to Mark , Jesus announces that the time has come for God's will to be accomplished ( 1:15 ) . What God wants to happen is about to take place ...
... heart , and with all your soul , and with all your strength . ( Deut 6 : 4-5 ; [ see Deut 6 : 4-9 ; 11 : 13-21 ; Num 15 : 37-41 ] ) Such a reminder will recur in one of Mark's final scenes before the Pas- sion when a Scribe approaches ...
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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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