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Author Dowling, Elizabeth V

Title Taking Away the Pound : Women, Theology and the Parable of the Pounds in the Gospel of Luke
Published London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (273 pages)
Series The Library of New Testament Studies
Library of New Testament studies.
Contents Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: THE PARABLE OF THE POUNDS AND LUKAN WOMEN: THE CURRENT STATE OF SCHOLARSHIP; Chapter 2: READING THE PARABLE OF THE POUNDS; Chapter 3: LUKAN THEOLOGY AND THE PARABLE OF THE POUNDS AS METAPHOR; Chapter 4: THE CHARACTERIZATION OF WOMEN IN THE NARRATIVE OF LUKE 1-2; Chapter 5: THE CHARACTERIZATION OF WOMEN IN THE NARRATIVE OF LUKE 3-24; Chapter 6: WOMEN, THE PARABLE OF THE POUNDS AND LUKAN THEOLOGY; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF REFERENCES; INDEX OF AUTHORS
Summary Against the majority opinion, this study argues that the Lukan Parable of the Talents (Lk 19.11-28) is a story about the use and abuse of power. The parable is also the story of those who suffer adverse consequences when they oppose unjust power structures. This suppression of challenge to oppressive structures evidenced in the Parable of the Pounds fits a pattern that operates in other parts of the Lukan Gospel. We meet it, for example, in the arrest and killing of John the Baptist by Herod, and in the arrest and crucifixion of Jesus. The Parable of the Pounds can be seen as a paradigm for th
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SUBJECT Bible. Luke -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Luke fast
Subject Women in the Bible.
Women in the Bible
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780567593085
0567593088