| Description |
vi, 181 pages ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
"Capon points out how Jesus' message of judgment differed from the notions of both his enemies and his friends, who were looking for a strong, hell-bound condemnation of all evildoers. Jesus, in contrast, presents divine judgment against the backdrop of grace. Indeed, Capon agrues, the key to the parables of judgment is inclusion before exclusion, acceptance before judgment: grace ever remains the soveriegn consideration. Including such parables as the Laborers in the vineyard, the Raising of Lazarus, the Talents, the Cursing of the Fig tree, the Wicked tenants, and the Ten virgins, Capon treats each parable in its immediate context and in the wider biblical context and message of grace. He also shows how Jesus' impending passion and death form a most significant subtext for the parables of judgment."--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction. Inclusion before exclusion as the touchstone of the parables of judgement -- 2. The sovereign light: Jesus as the uncondemning judge -- 3. Death as the engine of judgment: the man born blind, the good shepherd, Jesus on divorce and celibacy, Jesus and the little children, the rich young man -- 4. A rhapsody of unsuccess: the curse of riches, the eye of the needle, the laborers in the vineyard -- 5. Resurrection and judgment: the raising of Lazarus -- 6. The onset of the hurricane: the final prediction of the Passion, James and John, blind Bartimaeus, the parable of the coins -- 7. God's action in history: Palm Sunday, the weeping over Jerusalem, the cleansing of the Temple, the cursing of the fig tree -- 8. The eye of the hurricane: the question of Jesus' authority, the two sons, the wicked tenants -- 9. The deluge of judgment by mercy: the kings's son's wedding -- 10. The waters of judgment rise: the authorities challenge Jesus, the synoptic apocalypse -- 11. The flood of judgment by mercy: the fig tree, the flood, the faithful servant and the bad servant -- 12. The end of the storm (I): the wise and foolish virgins -- 13. The end of the storm (II): the talents, the sheep and the goats. |
| Subject |
Jesus Christ -- Parables.
(DLC)sh 85070071
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Jesus Christ. (OCoLC)fst00040116
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Parables, Biblical. (OCoLC)fst01353938
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Bibel Evangelien. (DE-588)4015806-8
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Gleichnis. (DE-588)4021234-8
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| Indexed Term |
Jesus Christ Parables |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Capon, Robert Farrar. Parables of judgment. Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, ©1989 (OCoLC)763167109 |
| ISBN |
080283650X |
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9780802836502 |
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0802804918 (paperback) |
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9780802804914 (paperback) |
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