Luke’s parables and the purpose of Luke’s Gospel

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Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria

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Do the parables of Luke hold the key to an understanding of the overall purpose of Luke’s Gospel? This question is pursued by Greg W Forbes (2000) in a book entitled The God of Old: The role of the Lukan parables in the purpose of Luke’s Gospel. Although the Lukan parables address a variety of subjects of a diverse nature, there is one unifying factor that runs like a golden thread through all the parables: a new vision of God. This vision seems new in-so-far as it presents a challenge to conventional Israelite perceptions regarding God at the time when the parables were written, but in fact, it is not new at all. It is a vision of the God of Old as witnessed in the Hebrew Scriptures. This article presents an overview of Forbes’ book.

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Vision of God

Sustainable Development Goals

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Reinstorf, D 2002, 'Luke’s parables and the purpose of Luke’s Gospel', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 1281-1295.[http://www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/issue/archive]