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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... identify and eliminate our biases and opposition to our enemies so that God rules over aspects of our lives that have shut God out . The phrase " kingdom of God , " like the term " parable " itself , ought not to be too narrowly defined ...
... identify with . It draws a verbal picture of the harmony and care of a true shepherd for the one lamb he possesses and even treats as a member of the family ! The outrage of David resonates with the reaction any of us would rightly ...
... identify with the prophet who refuses to preach to the undeserving Ninevites for fear that they will be more responsive to the divine word than God's own people are . Jonah goes to great lengths to avoid obeying God's command . Often ...
... identify as Q , and others may be unique to either Matthew or Luke . Some commentators think Matthew used a source for the parables unique to his gospel and call this source " M " ; the source for the parables in Luke that are unique to ...
... identify with the woman who threw a party to celebrate finding the lost coin , or the overwhelming joy of the father whose son he thought dead re- turned home . ⚫ the effect of mixing ingredients . One parable speaks of a woman mix ...
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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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