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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... parable . People might be either attracted to or put off by this element of surprise , but a good parable does not leave its listeners indifferent . They are meant to " get it . " A parable challenges listeners to respond , although not ...
... Parable Is a Comparison Parables are simple word pictures well suited to the oral culture of Jesus ' original hearers . Jesus ' parables compare one thing to another . A simile compares things using the terms " like " or " as . " Some ...
... parable unfolds , hearers are likely to perceive the twist and , beginning to anticipate its implications , try to avoid them with protests , indignation , and rejection . The " kingdom of God , " Jesus seems to be saying , is unlike ...
... parable such as we find also in the New Testament . Nathan is sent to David to issue God's judgment , but he first invites David to act as judge . The story is one David the shepherd could well identify with . It draws a verbal picture ...
... parable - like images occur in John . But Jesus is not pictured by John as teaching about the kingdom of God by use of the simple narrative stories called parables that are so characteristic of the Synoptic Gospels . Outside the gospels ...
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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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