Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by Subject "Jesus Christ -- Parables"

Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by Subject "Jesus Christ -- Parables"

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  • The challenge of Jesus' parables : a scholarly handbook for ministers and preachers 
    Reinstorf, Dieter Heinrich (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-03)
    The parables of Jesus recorded in the Gospels are profoundly challenging, not only as far as their original audience is concerned, but equally so as far as present day readers, hoping to fully grasp their meaning, are ...
  • Economic perspectives in Chrysologus sermons on the Lost Son 
    Kritzinger, J.P.K. (Jacobus); Stander, Hennie (Hendrik Frederik), 1953- (Insitute for Afro-Hellenic Studies, 2009)
    Many sermons of Peter Chrysologus have been preserved for us. Five of these sermons deal with the parable of the Lost Son. In this article these five sermons are studied from an economical perspective. These sermons will ...
  • In Souveränität 
    Busse, Ulrich, 1943- (Teologiese Fakulteit, Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 2008-03)
    The author of Matthew offers a well constructed parable based on social realities that existed in first-century agricultural Palestine that also reflected Hellenistic-Roman practices. These practices are explained in detail ...
  • Interpreting the parables of the Galilean Jesus : a social-scientific approach 
    Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article proposes a methodology for interpreting the parables of Jesus. The methodology put forward has as starting point two convictions. Firstly, the difference between the context of Jesus’ parables as told by Jesus ...
  • Lukas 18:1-8 – Eksegetiese en homiletiese aantekeninge 
    Nel, Malan (Teologiese Fakulteit, Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 2009-12)
    The parable of the unjust judge teaches disciples the proper response to the delay of the parousia alluded to by Jesus in Luke 17:22–37. The a peiore ad melius reasoning of the parable is that if the unjust judge yielded ...
  • A prophet of old : Jesus the ‘public theologian’ 
    Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)
    In this article the argument is put forward that Jesus’ parables portray him as a social prophet, as many of the issues addressed by Old Testament prophets (such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos and Hosea) are common themes in ...
  • Reflections on Jesus’ parables as metaphorical stories past and present 
    Reinstorf, Dieter Heinrich; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    During the past decades scholars have endeavoured to read Jesus’ parables as metaphorical stories. This article provides a theoretical overview of the ongoing debate, reflecting both on past claims and present criticism. ...
  • The rich, the poor, and the law 
    Reinstorf, Dieter Heinrich (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This article explores the social and religious dynamics of parables of Jesus in which “rich” and “poor” are juxtaposed. It focuses on Luke 16:19-31 (the parable of the rich man and the poor beggar Lazarus) and on Luke ...
  • The tenants in the vineyard (GThom 65/Mark 12:1-12) : a realistic and social-scientific reading 
    Van Eck, Ernest (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    Kloppenborg's reading of the parable of the tenants (Mk 12:1-12/GThom 65) can be regarded as the first thoroughgoing realistic interpretation of the Tenants. By using extensive literary evidence on viticulture from 300 BCE ...