Parables After Jesus

Their Imaginative Receptions Across Two Millennia

AvDavid B. Gowler

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Over the centuries, some interpreters have attempted to explain what parables mean. Other interpreters have endeavored to articulate what parables do-how they "work" rhetorically or poetically. With the parables of Jesus, however, more is required, because Jesus' parables have always demanded a response from readers or hearers. Interpreters, therefore, should also seek to ascertain what parables want, because the parables of Jesus not only stake claims and demand responses; they also challenge their hearers to act. This challenge reverberates across the centuries, calling us continually back to the texts to discover anew what these distinctive and wonderful stories show us about what it means to be human and the ways in which Jesus urges us to follow God in word and deed. The Parables after Jesus is the first book to explore in a comprehensive way the "afterlives" of the parable tradition-how people have interpreted, been influenced by, and applied Jesus' enigmatic and compelling parables in a multitude of ways, perspectives, eras, contexts, and media. Interpretation is never a solitary endeavor, for each interpreter stands on the shoulders of previous interpreters, continually in dialogue with other interpretations, past and present. Gowler's reception history discusses more than fifty imaginative receptions of Jesus' parables, selected from two millennia of parable interpretation-from those who have dominated discussions to often ignored or suppressed voices. From this we see how the use of Jesus' parables affects society and culture and how powerfully parables have challenged-and continue to challenge-people's hearts, minds, and imaginations.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-12-01
Mått:152 x 228 x 22 mm
Vikt:333 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Baylor University Press
ISBN:9781481314107

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

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David B. Gowler is Pierce Professor of Religion at Oxford College of Emory University, Senior Faculty Fellow at the Center for Ethics at Emory University, and Co-Editor of Emory Studies in Early Christianity. He is the author of Host, Guest, Enemy, and Friend: Portraits of the Pharisees in Luke and Acts; What Are They Saying about the Parables?; What Are They Saying about the Historical Jesus?; James through the Centuries; and The Parables after Jesus: Their Imaginative Receptions across Two Millennia. His books have been translated into French, Korean, Indonesian, and Japanese. He has also published dozens of articles, book chapters, and book reviews, and is the editor or coeditor of over thirty books.

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List of IllustrationsPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Afterlives of Jesus's Parables in Antiquity (to ca. 550 CE)IrenaeusThe Gospel of PhilipClement of AlexandriaTertullianOrigenJohn ChrysostomAugustineMacrina the YoungerEphrem the SyrianThe Good Shepherd in Early Christian ArtOil LampRoman CatacombsDura-Europos House ChurchIlluminations from the Rossano GospelsByzantine Mosaics, Christ Separating Sheep from Goats, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo (Ravenna, Italy)Romanos the Melodist2. The Afterlives of Jesus's Parables in the Middle Ages (ca. 550–1500 CE)Gregory the GreatSahih al-BukhariWazo of LiègeThe Golden Gospels of EchternachThe Laborers in the VineyardThe Wicked TenantsThe Great DinnerThe Rich Man and LazarusTheophylactHildegard of BingenChartres CathedralBonaventureThomas AquinasJohn GowerAntonia PulciAlbrecht Dürer3. The Afterlives of Jesus's Parables in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth CenturiesMartin LutherAnna Jansz of RotterdamJohn CalvinJohn MaldonatusWilliam ShakespeareDomenico FettiGeorge HerbertRoger WilliamsRembrandt Harmenszoon van RijnJohn Bunyan4. The Afterlives of Jesus's Parables in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth CenturiesWilliam BlakeSøren KierkegaardFrederick DouglassFanny CrosbyLeo TolstoyJohn Everett MillaisEmily DickinsonCharles Haddon SpurgeonAdolf Jülicher5. The Afterlives of Jesus's Parables in the Twentieth and Twenty-First CenturiesThomas Hart BentonParables and the Blues: Rev. Robert WilkinsFlannery O'ConnorMartin Luther King Jr.GodspellTwo Latin American ReceptionsThe Peasants of SolentinameElsa TamezDavid FlusserOctavia ButlerThich Nhat HanhConclusion: What Do Parables Want?Appendix: Descriptions of the Parables Cited in the InterpretationsWorks CitedScripture IndexSubject Index