The Parables after Jesus

List of IllustrationsPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Afterlives of Jesus’s Parables in Antiquity (to ca. 550 CE)IrenaeusThe Gospel of PhilipClement of AlexandriaTertullianOrigenJohn ChrysostomAugustineMacrina the YoungerEphrem the Syrian The Good Shepherd in Early Christian Art Oil Lamp Roman Catacombs Dura-Europos House ChurchIlluminations from the Rossano GospelsByzantine Mosaics, Christ Separating Sheep from Goats, Sant’Apollinare Nuovo (Ravenna, Italy)Romanos the Melodist2. The Afterlives of Jesus’s Parables in the Middle Ages (ca. 550-1500 CE)Gregory the Great Sahih al-BukhariWazo of LiègeThe Golden Gospels of Echternach The Laborers in the Vineyard The Wicked Tenants The Great Dinner The Rich Man and LazarusTheophylactHildegard of BingenChartres CathedralBonaventureThomas AquinasJohn GowerAntonia PulciAlbrecht Dürer3. The Afterlives of Jesus’s Parables in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth CenturiesMartin LutherAnna Jansz of RotterdamJohn CalvinJohn MaldonatusWilliam ShakespeareDomenico FettiGeorge HerbertRoger WilliamsRembrandt Harmenszoon van RijnJohn Bunyan4. The Afterlives of Jesus’s Parables in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth CenturiesWilliam BlakeSøren KierkegaardFrederick DouglassFanny CrosbyLeo TolstoyJohn Everett MillaisEmily DickinsonCharles Haddon SpurgeonAdolf Jülicher5. The Afterlives of Jesus’s Parables in the Twentieth and Twenty-First CenturiesThomas Hart BentonParables and the Blues: Rev. Robert WilkinsFlannery O’ConnorMartin Luther King Jr. GodspellTwo Latin American Receptions The Peasants of Solentiname Elsa TamezDavid FlusserOctavia ButlerThich Nhat HanhConclusion: What Do Parables Want?Appendix: Descriptions of the Parables Cited in the InterpretationsWorks CitedScripture IndexSubject Index