TRS 810B The Parables of Jesus
Historical Jesus research has focused strongly upon the parables of Jesus, as they are recorded in the Synoptic Gospels, and in some parallel non-canonical literature, as perhaps the best evidence of Jesus' original teaching. However, they have been modified and used within the literary and theological agendas of the Synoptic Gospels. Within the parables the reader of the Gospels is also in close touch with the social setting of the birth of Christianity. The course will select from the parables of Jesus and analyze them under these major concerns of contemporary New Testament studies. Prerequisites Biblical Greek.