Contents: 1. Parables in the synoptic gospels -- The many meanings of the word "parable" -- Insight and appeal -- Overview of the synoptic parables -- 2. Parables in Luke 15: What was lost -- A closer look at chapter 15 -- The lost sheep -- The prodigal son -- Actualization -- 3. The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) -- No problems? -- Redacted tradition -- The message of Jesus -- A plea for Luke -- Fruitful exegesis -- 4. Parables in Mark 4 -- Defining the problem -- Mark's redactional role -- The explanation of the sower (Verses 14-20) -- The similitudes and the parable -- The secret of the Kingdom of God. 5. Parables elsewhere in Mark's Gospel -- Discussion about Beelzebul (Mark 3:22-30) -- Clean and unclean (Mark 7:1-23) -- The wicked tenants (Mark 12:1-12) -- The budding fig tree and the doorkeeper (Mark 13:28-29 and 34-36) -- A Marcan parable theory? -- 6. The wise and foolish virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) -- Matthew's eschatological discourse (Chapters 24-25) -- Uncertainties and disturbing elements in Matthiew 25:1-13 -- Tradition and redaction -- Jesus' original parable -- Matthew's allegorizing -- 7. The talents and the pounds (Matthew 25:14-30 and Luke 19:11-27) -- Comparison of the talents and the pounds -- The parable in early Christian preaching -- The parable in Jesus' preaching -- The parable in Luke's gospel -- The parable in Matthew's gospel -- 8. The Last Judgment (Matthew 25:31-46) -- The context -- The text of the Last Judgment -- The pre-Matthean tradition or text -- Matthew's interpretation -- "Smallness" and poverty -- The Last Judgment in the Parousia discourse. Other Notes: Translation of: Terwijl Hij tot ons sprak., Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Published in: New York Physical description: xiv, 245 pages ; 21 cm.

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