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1. 'GOOD TROUBLE': What we see in Jesus'parable of the persistent widow

Author

Gowler, David B.

Subjects
Justice -- Religious aspects -- Social aspects, Biblical hermeneutics, Widows -- Religious aspects, Artists, English -- Works, Painting -- Appreciation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

John Everett Millais' 'The Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow' is almost as intriguing as Jesus' parable on which the image is based: A persistent widow unrelentingly demands justice from [...]

Published
2021

2. Two pious men, a trusting innkeeper, and a neglected son: three Lucan parables

Author

Eron, Lewis John

Subjects
Judaism -- Portrayals, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Biblical hermeneutics -- Social aspects, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

In 1990 the book appeared that I co-authored with Leonard Swidler, Gerald Sloyan, and Lester Dean: Bursting the Bonds? A Jewish-Christian Dialogue on Jesus and Paul. (1) It was the [...]

Published
2015

3. The parable of Octavia Butler

Author

Hill, Rebecca A.

Subjects
Parable of the Talents (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parable of the Sower (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation, Science fiction -- Criticism and interpretation, Novelists -- Works -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Family and marriage, Library and information science
Abstract

She was painfully shy. Her own aunt told her that 'Negroes can't be writers.' Yet, she became one of the most prolific writers in science fiction. What prompted her ambition? [...]

Published
2017

4. Reading the parables theologically to read them missionally: test cases from the Early Galilean parables in Luke's gospel

Author

Sexton, Jason S.

Subjects
Gospel of Saint Luke (Sacred work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, International relations, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

Introduction The parables of Jesus provide fertile ground for wide-ranging reflection on missional readings of Scripture. Parables found in the Gospels are not only conducive to a missional hermeneutic, (2) [...]

Published
2013

5. The parable of the Wheat and the Weeds (Matthew 13:24-30): is Thomas's version (logion 57) independent?

Author

Meier, John P.

Subjects
Bible as literature -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Bible and literature -- Criticism and interpretation, Literature/writing, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

I. INTRODUCTION The discovery in 1945 of the Coptic Gospel of Thomas among the codices found at Nag Hammadi ignited a controversy about Thomas's relation to the Synoptic Gospels that [...]

Published
2012

6. Voluntary debt remission and the parable of the unjust steward (Luke 16:1-13)

Author

Goodrich, John K.

Subjects
Bible. N.T. Luke (Sacred work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Bible as literature -- Analysis, Stewards -- Portrayals, External debt relief -- Portrayals, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Bible and literature -- Analysis, Literature/writing, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

The parable of the unjust steward is widely considered the most puzzling of Jesus' teachings. Although a seemingly endless string of interpretations continues to appear in print, no single reading [...]

Published
2012

7. The lost boys revisited

Author

Kershner, Phil

Subjects
Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Education, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

The end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And to know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot ... to know it as a [...]

Published
2014

8. Preparing to preach the parables in Luke

Author

West, Audrey

Subjects
Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, International relations, Philosophy and religion, Criticism and interpretation
Abstract

Jesus proclaimed the good news of God by frequently using figurative forms of speech, which the Synoptic Gospels call "parable" (Gk. parabole). Matthew, following Mark, suggests that Jesus taught only [...]

Published
2009

9. The parable of the feisty widow and the threatened judge (Luke 18.1-8)

Author

Cotter C.S.J., Wendy

Subjects
Bible. N.T. Luke (Sacred work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Bible stories -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

The parable of the widow and the judge (Luke 18.2-5) is frequently considered so weak that it requires its commentaries for any meaningful message, while the idea of a judge finally giving in to a pestering widow is hardly profound. The widow's frequent visits together with her brief and abrupt command to the judge combine to convey the image for a feisty widow rather than the conventionally meek and subservient role assumed for her.

Published
2005

10. 'You have not sought the lost': a reflection from Europe on the WCC theme

Author

Cruchley-Jones, Peter

Subjects
Europe -- Religious aspects -- Social aspects, God -- Attributes, Justice -- Religious aspects, Peace -- Religious aspects, Missions -- Social aspects, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Missions, Foreign -- Social aspects, Bible stories -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

This article queries the title 'God of Life,' and wonders how this can be intelligible in a European context where God is not associated with life, nor is seen to [...]

Published
2013

11. Of what charges? (Luke 16:1-2)

Author

Lygre, John G.

Subjects
Bible. N.T. Luke (Sacred work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion, Criticism and interpretation
Abstract

Abstract This essay explores one of Jesus' parables, arguably his most complex: that of the dishonest steward. The emphasis here is on the charges against the steward. The facts that [...]

Published
2002

12. Fall guy: Judas might seem like the quintessential enemy, but was he just misunderstood?

Author

Camille, Alice

Subjects
The Gospel of Judas (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation, Bible. N.T. Matthew (Sacred work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation
Abstract

JUDAS. HITLER. STALIN. POL POT. HISTORY HAS PRODUCED A short list of evildoers so widely reviled that their names have become shorthand for infamy. Whenever I've asked a group of […]

Published
2008

14. Nietzsche's madman parable: a cynical reading

Author

Bambach, Charles

Subjects
The Gay Science (Nonfiction work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Published
2010

15. Parable of the bonfire of the saniti

Author

Holding, Cory

Subjects
Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Religion and humor -- Criticism and interpretation, Psychology and mental health
Published
2010

17. Self-help or 'Deus ex Machina' in Mark 12.9?

Author

Kloppenborg, John S.

Subjects
Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

Advocates of a metaphorical approach to the parable of the tenants in Mark 12.9 and some who argue that Jesus spoke in realistic fiction have assumed that Mark 12.9 is an original part of parable, but an examination of Greek, Roman, Graeco-Egyptia and biblical legal rulings indicates that resorts to self-help were discouraged and criminalized. Mark 12.9 is not a realistic component of the parable but is a part of its secondary allegorization.

Published
2004

18. Van Gogh's quest for mercy: three Biblical paintings

Author

Sturtevant, Henry H.

Subjects
Good Samaritan (Parable) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Painters -- Works, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

Van Gogh, who many believed was excessively religious, painted three paintings that gave a deep insight to his compassionate and generous side. The Good Samaritan, Pieta and The Raising gave one an understanding of the painter's own faith, experience of healing and compassion.

Published
2003

19. THE SUBVERSION OF PRODIGAL SON COMEDY IN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Author

Pastoor, Charles

Subjects
The Merchant of Venice (Play) -- Criticism and interpretation, Drama -- Ethical aspects, Bible as literature -- Ethical aspects, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Bible and literature -- Ethical aspects, Literature/writing, Criticism and interpretation, Ethical aspects
Abstract

IT is my purpose in this essay to explore Shakespeare's use of the parable of the prodigal son in The Merchant of Venice and to analyze it in relation to [...]

Published
2000

20. Who are we to judge?

Author

McGlone, Mary M.

Subjects
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Screenplay) -- Criticism and interpretation, Judgment (Ethics) -- Religious aspects, Biblical hermeneutics, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

JULY 23, 2017, SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TINE Wis 12:13,16-19; Ps 86; Rom 8:26-27; Mt 13:24-43 Were there weeds in the Garden of Eden? The day I heard that there [...]

Published
2017

21. Provocative parables

Subjects
Prodigal Son (Parable) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

Years ago, in a literature course that I taught at a community college, I opened a discussion of the short story chapter with the first reading in the classic anthology [...]

Published
2014

22. Poor Little Sheep Who Have Found the Way

Author

Donahue, John R.

Subjects
Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Bible stories -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion, Criticism and interpretation, Portrayals
Abstract

Fourth Sunday of Easter (B), May 14, 2000 Readings: Acts 4:8-12; Ps. 118; 1 Jn. 3:1-2; Jn. 10:11-18 Beloved, we are God's children now. (1 Jn. 3:2) One of the [...]

Published
2000

23. Rehearsing the End

Author

Hamm, Dennis

Subjects
Bible. N.T. Matthew (Sacred work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion, Criticism and interpretation
Abstract

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 7 Readings: Wis. 6:12-16; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Mt. 25:1-13 'Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour' (Mt. 25:13). Recently [...]

Published
1999

24. Good God, Evil Eye

Author

Hamm, Dennis

Subjects
Bible. N.T. (Sacred work) -- Criticism and interpretation, God, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion, Criticism and interpretation
Abstract

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 19 Readings: Is. 55:6-; Phil. 1:20c-24, 27a; Mt. 20:1-16a. 'Are you envious because I am generous [Greek: 'Is your eye evil because I am [...]

Published
1999

25. The Prodigal Sons

Author

Brooks, David

Subjects
Forgiveness -- Analysis, Morality -- Analysis, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

We take as our text today the parable of the prodigal sons. As I hope you know, the story is about a father with two sons. The younger son took [...]

Published
2014

26. The home of repentance

Author

Martens, John W.

Subjects
Lent -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Repentance -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (C), MARCH 6, 2016 Readings: Jos 5:9-12; Ps 34:2-7; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you ' (Lk [...]

Published
2016

27. A time for mercy

Author

McGlone, Mary

Subjects
Lent, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Mercy -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

FEBRUARY 28,2016, THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Mary McGlone Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15; Ps 103; 1 Cor 10:1-6,10-12; Lk 13:1-9 We're in the middle of Lent, our unique catholic (i.e., universal) retreat [...]

Published
2016

28. The parable of the lost son

Author

Mansell, Roberta

Subjects
Lotus Sutra (Theological work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Buddhist literature -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Published
2005

29. Seeds and sowers: a congregation confronts a parable

Author

Beal, Timothy

Subjects
Biblical hermeneutics -- Personal narratives, Bible as literature -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Bible and literature -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

THE BIBLE HAS the power to generate new meaning in new contexts and thereby to affirm both unity and diversity in communities whose members engage one another around the text. [...]

Published
2011

30. The kingdom unusual

Author

Martens, John W.

Subjects
Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Kingdom of God -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B), JUNE 14, 2015 Readings: Ez 1 7:22-24; Ps 92: 2-1 6; 2 Cor 5:6-10; Mk 4:26-34 'With what can we compare the kingdom of [...]

Published
2015

31. Unmasking greed

Author

Reid, Barbara E.

Subjects
Avarice -- Religious aspects, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A), NOV. 13, 2011 Readings: Prv 31:10-31; Ps 128:1-5; 1 Thes 5:1-6; Mt 25:14-30 'Well done, good and faithful servant' (Mt 25:21) What can be [...]

Published
2011

33. Which God?

Subjects
Sermon on the mount, Bible. N.T. Matthew (Sacred work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Image of God -- Analysis, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

WHICH GOD? There are two different images of God in the Gospel of Matthew, according to Barbara E. Reid. Particularly in the Sermon on the Mount, God is portrayed as [...]

Published
2010

34. Great forgiveness, great love: eleventh Sunday in ordinary time (C), June 13, 2010

Author

Reid, Barbara E.

Subjects
Forgiveness -- Religious aspects, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

How do you make amends when you know you have hurt someone deeply or when you become aware that your patterns of life choices cause great harm to others? Sometimes [...]

Published
2010

35. Lost souls

Author

Harrington, Daniel J.

Subjects
Redemption -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Salvation -- Criticism and interpretation
Abstract

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), Sept. 16, 2007 Readings: Exod 32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19; 1 Tim 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 (or 15:1-10) 'Christ Jesus came into the […]

Published
2007

37. Towering Trees and 'Talented' Slaves

Author

MYERS, CHED and DeBODE, ERIC

Subjects
Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the Oppressed (Book) -- Criticism and interpretation, Bible. N.T. (Sacred work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion, Criticism and interpretation
Abstract

The parables of Jesus have been spiritualized and their subversive content tamed. Can we bring them back to earth? THE PARABLES OF JESUS IN THE synoptic Gospels represent the very [...]

Published
1999

38. Ask, and You Shall Receive

Subjects
Bible (Sacred work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion, Criticism and interpretation
Abstract

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 26 Readings: Gen. 18:20-32; Col. 2:12-14; Lk. 11:1-13. 'See how I am presuming to speak to my Lord, though I am but dust and [...]

Published
1998

39. Hoard, and You Shall Lose

Subjects
Bible (Sacred work) -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy and religion, Criticism and interpretation
Abstract

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 2 Readings: Eccl. 1:2; 2:21-23; Col. 3:1-5, 9-11; Lk. 12:13-21. 'Thus it will be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but [...]

Published
1998

40. Thus Spake Zarathustra

Subjects
Nietzsche, Friedrich -- Criticism and interpretation -- Biography, Thus Spake Zarathustra (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy, German -- Criticism and interpretation, Parables -- Criticism and interpretation, Literature/writing
Abstract

Type of work: Philosophical comments as parable and prophecy Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) First published: Parts I-III, 1883-1884; Part IV, 1891 Only a philosopher with a great ego (resulting [...]

Published
1989

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