Jesus' kingdom parables as metaphorical stories: Challenge to a conventional worldview

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Jesus' kingdom parables as metaphorical stories: Challenge to a conventional worldview

Reinstorf, Dieter Heinrich; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.)
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17710
Date: 1998

Abstract:

Jesus' parables are to be read as metaphorical stories. Parable as metaphor demands that the parable remains open-ended and polyvalent, with the reader always involved in a participatory role. This article aims at showing that Jesus' kingdom parables are of a diaphoric nature, challenging the conventional worldview. It focuses on the parable 'A Man Had Two Sons' (Lk 15:11-22). This parable is interpreted from the Lucan perspective. It shows how the mytheme of the 'two-sons stories' is used as a tensive symbol in order to establish the Lucan notion of the all-inclusiveness of God's kingdom.

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