The parables

by Boucher, Madeleine I.

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Full title :The parables / Madeleine I. Boucher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1981.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Veritas
Place of Publication:Dublin
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1981.

The Physical Object

Description:159 pages : : illustrations ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0894531301, 9780894531309, 0894531239, 9780894531231
oclc:ocm16546319
LC Classification:BT375.2
Dewey Decimal:226/.8077

What is a parable -- Parable in the ancient world -- Term "parable" -- Literary class -- Three types of parables -- Narrative form -- Tropical mode of meaning -- Art of rhetoric -- Religious genre -- The definition of a parable -- Problem -- Tropical speech and mystery -- Use of the parable in Jesus' ministry -- Use of the parable in Mark's gospel -- The parables of the synoptic gospels -- Authenticity of the parables -- Modifications in the parables -- Guidelines for interpretation -- Reign of God -- The growing seed; mustard seed; the leaven -- The sower -- The weeds and the wheat; the fishnet -- Jesus, the righteous, and sinners -- Laborers in the vineyard -- The two sons; the two debtors; the Pharisee and the tax collector -- The lost sheep; the lost coin; the prodigal son -- The great feast; The wedding garment -- The tresure; the pearl -- The tower builder; the warring kind -- The unjust steward; the master and the servant -- The friend at midnight; the persistent widow -- The unmerciful servant; the good Samaritan -- The two builders -- The rich fool; the ten maidens -- The barren fig tree; the rich man and Lazarus -- The talents/the pounds; the faithful or unfaithful serva…