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Animals, Sages and Saints: Alfonso Vagnone’s Rhetorical Strategy in Chinese Context
Religions, 2023 Around 1632, while stationed in Shanxi Province (China), the Italian Jesuit Alfonso Vagnone published a pedagogical treatise entitled On the Education of Children (Tongyou jiaoyu) on which he had worked for several years.
Sha Liu
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Luke’s parables and the purpose of Luke’s Gospel
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2002 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 ...
D. Reinstorf
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Using Parables to Teach Marketing
Journal for Advancement of Marketing Education, 2008 A simple story told through a parable can be an effective pedagogical tool for teaching important marketing concepts, ideas, and lessons. By using parables that describe characters, situations, and images that are familiar and easy to understand ...
Timothy R. Graeff
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Prediking oor die koninkryk van God: ’n Uitdaging in ’n nuwe konteks van armoede
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2009 Preaching on the kingdom of God: A challenge in a new context of poverty The question addressed by this article has to do with the content of preaching in the context of laws about affirmative action affecting white South Africans.
Hennie J.C. Pieterse
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Invitations and excuses that are not invitations and excuses: Gossip in Luke 14:18–20
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2012 In modern Western culture, gossip is seen as a malicious activity that should be avoided. In ancient oral-cultures, gossip as a cultural form did not have this negative connotation. Gossip was a necessary social game that enabled the flow of information.
Ernest van Eck
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The challenge of Jesus’ parables A scholarly handbook for ministers and preachers
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2006 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 concerned.
Dieter H. Reinstorf
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Reflections on Jesus’ parables as metaphorical stories past and present
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 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.
Dieter Reinstorf, Andries van Aarde
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Prismet, 2018 Tre lignelser går igjen i trosopplæringen i Den norske kirke. Disse tre lignelsene gjentas ofte – av og til mange ganger – for de samme barna. Lignelsene er Den barmhjertige samaritan, Sauen som ble funnet og En far som ventet.
Ellen Aasland Reinertsen
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A prophet of old: Jesus the ‘public theologian’
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2010 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 Jesus’ parables.
Ernest van Eck
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