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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... prophets , Jesus speaks of the " day of the Lord " that will come as a " thief in the night " or " as the labor pangs " of an expectant woman . Disciples must act as the " children of day , not night . " They are warned that the kingdom ...
... prophets . Later , during the Exile in the sixth century before Christ and afterward , apocalyptic passages of the Old Testament elaborated upon the phrase , " the kingdom of God . " Eschatology refers to a future world conceived as a ...
... prophets who also used such stories to teach the meaning of the ways God works in history and how to worthily live as members of the people of God . The most famous example may be the prophet Nathan's confronting King David after his ...
... prophet's words , much more so than he might have been had Nathan prejudged him and condemned him from the beginning ... prophets often spelled out that interpretation for them . The use of the word " parable " in the Greek translation ...
... 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 the prophets appear ...
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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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