Parables as Persuasive Devices

Lauri Thurén (Herausgegeben von) Born 1961; 1990 PhD (theology) Åbo Akademi; 2000-01 lecturer in classical languages and biblical studies; Professor of Biblical Studies; 2003-09 Dean of the Faculty of Theology; 2022-24 project leader in Research Council of Finland.Antti Kyytsönen (Herausgegeben von) Born 1985; 2011 MSc (industrial engineering and management) at Aalto University; 2014 MSc (theology) at University of Eastern Finland; 2024 PhD (theology) at University of Eastern Finland; 1st Chaplain at Pielisensuu Parish and a visiting researcher at the University of Eastern Finland.Katri Antin (Herausgegeben von) Born 1986: 2019 ThD at University of Helsinki;2022-24 Postdoctoral researcher at University of Eastern Finland; 2020-24 Member of a research project: "Parables as Persuasive Narratives" (University of Eastern Finland).

• Lauri Thurén/Antti Kyytsönen/Katri Antin : Introduction: From a Proclamation to an Invitation to Dance - Towards a New Era in Parable Research Lauri Thurén : How Does a Parable Function? On the Threshold of a Rhetorical Turn - Niilo Lahti: The Strategic Use of Metaphors in Argumentation by Parable - Cases in Point: Lightning & Vultures (Matthew 24:23-28) - Antti Kyytsönen: Is It Time to Get Emotional with the Parables of Jesus? - Katri Antin: Who can understand Jesus's parables? Parable audiences in Matthew 13 and Matthew 21-22 - Lauri Thurén, Antti Kyytsönen, Katri Antin: New Insights into the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant in Context. Anders Martinsen: Eschatological Violence and Anger in Matt 18:23-35 - Samuel Tedder: Does the Persuasive Power of Some Parables of Jesus Depend on Their Connections with Israel's Scriptures? - Developing a Methodology with Matthew 13 - Ernest van Eck: The Historical Jesus behind the Text: Manipulated Parables and Theological Constructions - Lotta Valve: The Enigma of the Parable of the Automatic Seed (Mark 4:26-29) - Vesa Ollilainen: Stumbling Blocks or Cornerstones? The Parables of Jesus in Third Quest Studies. Eric Ottenheijm: "Why do you teach them in parables"? Comparing the Synoptic and Rabbinic Parable Theory - Tobias Ålöw: Kingdom-Meshalim and Parables as Persuasive Narratives in the Tannaitic Tradition and the Gospel of Matthew - Lieve Teugels: What Difference does a Parable Make? The Rhetorics of the Parable of the Architect in its Early Jewish and Early Christian Versions - Albertina Oegema: The Ethics of Fatherly Happiness - A Narrative Ethical Analysis of the Parables in Luke 15:11-32 and Sifre Deut. 343 - Marcel Poorthuis: Parables about parables: the case of Cain and of Jewish mysticism - Ruben Zimmermann: On Fish and the Fishnet (Babr. Fab. 4, Matt 13:47-50, Gos. Thom. 8) - Animals as Characters in Jesus's Parables and Babrius's Fables - Serafim Seppälä: Parables in Ephrem the Syrian's Commentary on the Diatessaron.