logging in or signing up Exegeting Jesus Parables VolteMort Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1102 Category: Spiritual/ Ins.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: August 16, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Exegeting Jesus' Parables: Exegeting Jesus' Parables Robert C. Newman Biblical Theological Seminary What is a Parable?: What is a Parable? Dictionary Short, fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or religious principle Literary A simile expanded into a story New Testament A rather broad genre of illustration, including parable (above), allegory, similitude, and sample parable, also proverb and paradox How Parables Work: How Parables Work Parables are stories Brief Unified Few actors Direct discourse Serial development Rule of three Repetition Binary opposition End-stress (often) Resolution by reversal (usually) Two-level How Parables Work: How Parables Work See John W. Sider, Interpreting the Parables Parables are analogies: Verbal comparison Tenor – 'heavenly meaning' Vehicle – 'earthly story' Point(s) of resemblance An Analogy from Shakespeare: An Analogy from Shakespeare 'As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods – they kill us for their sport.' Tenor – relation of gods to humans Vehicle – relation of boys to flies Point of resemblance – re/ how mistreated The Analogy Diagramed: The Analogy Diagramed Tenor Vehicle We: gods = flies: (wanton) boys With respect to how they mistreat us Point of Resemblance An Example from Jesus' Parables: An Example from Jesus' Parables Wheat andamp; Weeds – Matt 13:24-30, 36-43 Story: Man sows good seed, his enemy weeds. When discovered, slaves want to remedy situation right away; owner has them wait till harvest. Tenor: kingdom of heaven Vehicle: story above Points of Resemblance: several Parables in the Gospels: Parables in the Gospels Christological Lost andamp; Found Forgiveness andamp; Mercy Prayer Transformation Stewardship Invitation andamp; Rejection Parables in the Gospels: Parables in the Gospels Second Coming Warning andamp; Judgment Kingdom Illustrative (example) Parables Acted Parables The End: The End Let’s begin to make the parables come alive for our audience! You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Exegeting Jesus Parables VolteMort Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1102 Category: Spiritual/ Ins.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: August 16, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Exegeting Jesus' Parables: Exegeting Jesus' Parables Robert C. Newman Biblical Theological Seminary What is a Parable?: What is a Parable? Dictionary Short, fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or religious principle Literary A simile expanded into a story New Testament A rather broad genre of illustration, including parable (above), allegory, similitude, and sample parable, also proverb and paradox How Parables Work: How Parables Work Parables are stories Brief Unified Few actors Direct discourse Serial development Rule of three Repetition Binary opposition End-stress (often) Resolution by reversal (usually) Two-level How Parables Work: How Parables Work See John W. Sider, Interpreting the Parables Parables are analogies: Verbal comparison Tenor – 'heavenly meaning' Vehicle – 'earthly story' Point(s) of resemblance An Analogy from Shakespeare: An Analogy from Shakespeare 'As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods – they kill us for their sport.' Tenor – relation of gods to humans Vehicle – relation of boys to flies Point of resemblance – re/ how mistreated The Analogy Diagramed: The Analogy Diagramed Tenor Vehicle We: gods = flies: (wanton) boys With respect to how they mistreat us Point of Resemblance An Example from Jesus' Parables: An Example from Jesus' Parables Wheat andamp; Weeds – Matt 13:24-30, 36-43 Story: Man sows good seed, his enemy weeds. When discovered, slaves want to remedy situation right away; owner has them wait till harvest. Tenor: kingdom of heaven Vehicle: story above Points of Resemblance: several Parables in the Gospels: Parables in the Gospels Christological Lost andamp; Found Forgiveness andamp; Mercy Prayer Transformation Stewardship Invitation andamp; Rejection Parables in the Gospels: Parables in the Gospels Second Coming Warning andamp; Judgment Kingdom Illustrative (example) Parables Acted Parables The End: The End Let’s begin to make the parables come alive for our audience!