The Parables of Jesus the Galilean
eBook - ePub

The Parables of Jesus the Galilean

Stories of a Social Prophet

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Parables of Jesus the Galilean

Stories of a Social Prophet

About this book

Who do we meet in the stories Jesus told? In The Parables of Jesus the Galilean: Stories of a Social Prophet, a selection of the parables of Jesus is read using a social-scientific approach. The interest of the author is not the parables in their literary contexts, but rather the parables as Jesus told them in a first-century Jewish Galilean sociopolitical, religious, and economic setting. Therefore, this volume is part of the material turn in parable research and offers a reading of the parables that pays special attention to Mediterranean anthropology by stressing key first-century Mediterranean values. Where applicable, available papyri that may be relevant in understanding the parables of Jesus from a fresh perspective are used to assemble solid ancient comparanda for the practices and social realities that the parables presuppose. The picture of Jesus that emerges from these readings is that of a social prophet. The parables of Jesus, as symbols of social transformation, envisioned a transformed and alternative world. This world, for Jesus, was the kingdom of God.

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Information

Publisher
Cascade Books
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781498233712
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Chapter 1: Interpreting the Parables of the Galilean Jesus
  6. Chapter 2: The Sower (Mark 4:3b–8):In the Kingdom Everybody Can Have Enough
  7. Chapter 3: The Mustard Seed (Q 13:18–19): A Wild and Chaotic Kingdom Taking Over
  8. Chapter 4 The Feast (Luke 14:16b–23): A Kingdom Patron
  9. Chapter 5: The Lost Sheep (Luke 15:4–6): A Surprising Shepherd
  10. Chapter 6: The Vineyard Laborers (Matt 20:1–15): An Unexpected Patron
  11. Chapter 7: The Unmerciful Servant (Matt 18:23–33): Honor Redefined
  12. Chapter 8: The Tenants (Gos. Thom. 65): A Surprising Nonviolent Patron
  13. Chapter 9: The Merchant (Matt 13:45–46): An Outsider Becomes an Insider
  14. Chapter 10: The Friend at Midnight (Luke 11:5–8): A Shameless and Exploiting Neighbor
  15. Chapter 11: The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19–26): An Unwilling Patron
  16. Chapter 12: The Minas (Luke 19:12b–24, 27): Protesting for the Sake of the Kingdom
  17. Chapter 13: The Social Prophet from Galilee
  18. Bibliography