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NOTE: Class meets in Valentine 308 (NOT 310), January 9-13 and 17-20, 9:00 -11:45 a.m. and 1:30-3:00 p.m

SCHEDULE

For each session:

• Complete any assigned reading
• Translate the parable to be discussed in class; if the parable appears in more than one Gospel, you need not translate more than one
• Read the appropriate section in Hultgren relating to the parable
• Read the appropriate section in Scott/or/Capon/or/Buttrick relating to the parable

Friday, January 20

• Jackie: Ten Bridesmaids [Mt 25.1-13]
  • Ready Or Not,.pdf
• “Misery Loves Company” (Ten Lepers) [Lk 17.11-19: ThnksA Pr21C]
  • TenLepers.pdf
• Conclusion
  • Master&Slaves.pdf
  • What does this mean.pdf

Thursday, January 19

• Barbara: Importunate Friend [Lk 11.5-8: Pr12C]
  • The Importunate Friend.pdf
• Joe: Unjust Steward [Lk 16.1-9]
• Anita: Barren Fig Tree [Mt 21.18-19; Mk 11.12-14; Lk 13.6-9]

Wednesday, January 18

• Sower and Seed [Mt 13.1-23; Mk 4.1-20; Lk 8.4-15]
  • Hultgren (181-201); Scott (-); Capon (-); Buttrick (-)
• Matthew 13.44-50 texts
• Hidden treasure [Mt 13.44: Pr12A; GT109]
  • Hultgren (409-416); Scott (-); Capon (-); Buttrick (-)
  • TreasurePearlNet.pdf
• Maureen: Pearl [Mt 13.45-46: Pr12A; GT76]
  • Hultgren (416-423); Scott (-); Capon (-); Buttrick (-)
  • SeifriedPearl.pdf
• Net [Mt 13.47-50: Pr12A; GT8 (?)]
  • Hultgren (303-309); Scott (-); Capon (-); Buttrick (-)

Tuesday, January 17

• Luke 14.28-32 Texts
• TowerBuilder&CampaignPlanner.pdf
• Tower Builder [Lk 14.28-30]
  • Hultgren (137-141); Scott (-); Capon (-); Buttrick (-)
• Campaign Planner [Lk 14.31-32] 
  • Hultgren (141-146); Scott (-); Capon (-); Buttrick (-)
• Tares [Mt 13.24-30, 36-43: Pr11A; GT57]
  • Parable of Wheat and Weeds- Matthew 13 Texts
  • Hultgren (292-303); Scott (-); Capon (-); Buttrick (-)

Friday, January 13

• “Just Don’t Call Me Late for Supper” (Great Supper) [Mt 22.1-14: Pr23A; Lk 14.15-24; GT 64]
  • Parable of the Great Supper: Matthew//Luke texts
  • Hultgren (332-341); Scott (119-107); Capon (272-293); Buttrick (156-166)
  • Great Supper.pdf

• Pharisee and Publican [Lk 18.9-14: Pr25C]
  • Hultgren (118-128); Capon (337-344); Buttrick (225-228)
  • Pharisee and Tax Collector Texts – Luke 18
• Unforgiving Servant [Matthew 18.23-35: Pr19A]
  • Hultgren (21-32); Scott (97-108); Capon (189-200); Buttrick (107-113)
• Rich Fool [Lk 12.16-21]
  • Luke 12.16x20 texts
  • Hultgren (104-109); Capon (233); Buttrick (188-193)

• “WANTED: Dead and Alive” (Lost and Found) [Mt 18.10-14; Lk 15.3-7: Pr19C; Lk 15.8-10: Pr19C; Lk 15.11-32: L4C; GT 107]
  • Greek: Focus on the The Lost Sheep texts in Matthew and Luke
• “The Line Forms at the Rear” (Laborers in Vineyard) [Mt 20.1-16: Pr20A]
  • Hultgren (33-45); Scott (--); Capon (386-397); Buttrick (113-119)

Read introductory section of Scott (pages 1-20) OR Capon (pages 1-43) OR Buttrick (pages xi-xvii, 1-38)

• “If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them” (Unjust Judge) [Lk 18.1-8: Pr24C]
  • Hultgren (252-261); Scott (35-40); Capon (329-336); Buttrick (222-225)
  • Unjust Judge handout.pdf and Unjust Judge PPT.pdf
• “Over My Dead Body” (Good Samaritan) [Lk 10.29-37: Pr10C]
  • Hultgren (93-103); Scott (55-64); Capon (201-218); Buttrick 178-184)
• “Tales from the Other Side” (Rich Man and Lazarus) [Lk 16.19-31: Pr21C]
  • Hultgren (110-118); Scott (--); Capon (398-411); Buttrick (216-220)
  • Check out: Lazarus

Monday, January 9 - PM

• “This Is for the Birds!” (Mustard Seed) [Mt 13.31-32: Pr12A; Mk 4.30-32: Pr6B; Lk 13.18-19; GT 20]
  • Hultgren (392-403); Scott (35-40); Capon (94-104); Buttrick (74-78)
  • Mustard Seed Parallel Texts.DOC
  • Mustard Seed handout.pdf and Mustard Seed PPT.pdf (large file!)

• Introduction to the Parables of Jesus
  • Parable Definitions
  • Parable Listing - Lukan Order with Lectionary Readings
• Read Hultgren, The Parables of Jesus, pages 1-19
• Read Gowler What are they saying about the parables? OR Hedrick Many Things in Parables
  • Reading Guide to: Gowler What Are They Saying about The Parables
  • Reading Guide to: Hedrick Many Things in Parables.pdf
• Questions to keep in mind when studying the parables.pdf