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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... receive the same as those who have only shown up an hour before the payout ? As a parable unfolds , hearers are likely to perceive the twist and , beginning to anticipate its implications , try to avoid them with protests , indignation ...
... receives " dominion , glory and kingship , " which shall never " be taken away " according to Daniel 7 : 13-14 . These images of God's rule depict a time and place where all know and worship God ; when there is an end to suffering , and ...
... received a visitor , but he would not take from his own flocks and herds to prepare a meal for the wayfarer who had come to him . Instead he took the poor man's ewe lamb and made a meal for his visitor . " " David grew very angry with ...
... received , for example . In addition , Matthew and Luke have a number of parables not found in Mark . Some of these might be from a source scholars identify as Q , and others may be unique to either Matthew or Luke . Some commentators ...
... receive special instruction and atten- tion . Often this is done in private or in a " house " ( e.g. , 1:29 , 32-34 ; 2 : 1 , 15 ) , a symbol for the church that moved away from the more public synagogues where Jesus also sometimes ...
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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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