Monday, July 13, 2015

Update on Book Contents (#1): Interpreters list with the parables covered by each

John Everett Millais, The Unjust Judge 


It is time to start going through the draft of the book again to try to cut 20,000 more words. To assist me with that, but even more so to make the book more comprehensive and coherent, I have updated my working lists of what I cover in the book:

  • Interpreters and the parables they cover
  • parables and which interpreters cover them

These lists are very rough working lists, so I have not proofed them for typographical errors. Below is the first list.


The list makes it clear that I have accomplished my goal of covering the array of parables (although not all lists of Jesus' "parables" are the same; I did include, for example, Fetti's painting of the Mote and Beam, although it is technically not a parable; but cf. Luke 6:39). I was deliberate as I wrote the draft to make sure that I covered the waterfront well.

As I work through the book draft again, I will try--if other things are equal, such as importance, diversity, or interest--to delete sections on parables that might be "over covered" by the book. That will take into account, of course, that the Prodigal Son and other parables that are more important in Reception History deserve to be treated more than others (but not an overabundance).

Also, the second list will allow me to make more connections between interpreters. I already do so (e.g., on the Wheat and the Weeds with Wazo of Liege, Thomas Aquinas, Roger Williams, etc.), but I certainly can do more.

Overall, I am pretty pleased with the subjects the book draft covers.

Here is the working list (ignore the typos and formatting issues):

Irenaeus
·      Ten Bridesmaids (Matt. 25:1-13)
·      Workers/Laborers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1-16)
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
·      The Wise and Foolish Builders/Two Builders (Matt 7:24-27/Luke 6:47-49)
·      The Barren Fig Tree (Luke 13:6-9)
·      The Wedding Feast/Great Supper (Matt 22:1-14)
·      The Wicked Tenants (Mark 12:1-12 / Matt 21:33-46 / Luke 20:9-19 / Thomas 65-66)
·      Wicked Husbandmen (Matt. 21:33-45; AH 4.36.1-4)
·      Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32; AH 4.36.7)
·      Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-14; AH 4.36.8).
·      Two Sons (Matt. 21:28-32; AH 4.36.8)
·      Sheep and Goats (Matt. 25:31-46; AH 4.40.2)
·      Wheat and Weeds (Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43; AH 4.40.2)

Gospel of Philip
·      Good Samaritan

Clement
·      The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
·      The Sower (Mark 4:3-8, 13-20; Matt 13:3-8, 18-23; Luke 8:5-8, 11-15; Thomas 9)
·      Rich Man and Lazarus
·      Wheat and the Weeds/Tares (Matt 13:24-30 / Thomas 57) ???
·      The Wedding Feast/Great Dinner (Matt 22:1-14)
·      The Leaven (Matt 13:33 / Luke 13:20-21 / Thomas 96) ???

Tertullian
·      The Sower (Mark 4:3-8, 13-20; Matt 13:3-8, 18-23; Luke 8:5-8, 11-15; Thomas 9)
·      Wheat and the Weeds/Tares (Matt 13:24-30 / Thomas 57)
·      The Ten Maidens/Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matt 25:1-13)
·      Great Dinner (Luke 14)
·      The Lost Sheep (Matt 18:12-14/Luke15:4-7/Thom 107?/Gospel of Truth 31-32?
·      The Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10)
·      The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)

Origen
·      Wheat and the Weeds/Tares (Matt 13:24-30 / Thomas 57)
·      The Treasure in the Field/Hidden Treasure (Matt 13:44 / Thomas 109)
·      The Pearl of Great Price (Matt 13:45-46 / Thomas 76)
·      The Net
·      Wicked Husbandmen/Tenants (Matt. 21:33-45)
·      The Wedding Feast/Great Dinner (Matt 22:1-14)
·      Workers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1-16)
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
·      Rich Man and Lazarus
·      The Sower (Mark 4:3-8, 13-20; Matt 13:3-8, 18-23; Luke 8:5-8, 11-15; Thomas 9)

Gospel of Philip
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)

John Chrysostom
·      Wheat and the Weeds/Tares (Matt 13:24-30 / Thomas 57)
·      The Sower (Mark 4:3-8, 13-20; Matt 13:3-8, 18-23; Luke 8:5-8, 11-15; Thomas 9)
·      The Net / Dragnet (Matt 13:47-50)
·      Workers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1-16) DELETED?????
·      The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) [Mention]
·      The Wedding Feast (Matt 22:1-14)
·      The Ten Maidens/Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matt 25:1-13)
·      The Talents
·      Unfaithful Servant ?
·      The Final Judgment—Sheep/Goats (Matt 25:31-46)
·      The Lost Sheep (Matt 18:12-14/Luke15:4-7/Thom 107?/Gospel of Truth 31-32?
·      The Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10)
·      The Mustard Seed (Mark 4:30-32 / Matt 13:31-32 / Luke 13:18-19 / Thomas 20) ?
·      The Leaven (Matt 13:33 / Luke 13:20-21 / Thomas 96) ???

Augustine
·      Workers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1-16)
·      The Wicked Tenants (Mark 12:1-12 / Matt 21:33-46 / Luke 20:9-19 / Thomas 65-66)
·      The Final Judgment—Sheep/Goats (Matt 25:31-46)
·      The Wedding Feast (Matt 22:1-14)
·      The Ten Maidens/Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matt 25:1-13)
·      The Unforgiving Slave/Unmerciful Servant (Matt 18:23-35)
·      The Talents
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)

Macrina the Younger
·      Wheat and the Weeds/Tares (Matt 13:24-30 / Thomas 57)
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)

Ephrem the Syrian
·      The Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10)
·      The Sower (Mark 4:3-8, 13-20; Matt 13:3-8, 18-23; Luke 8:5-8, 11-15; Thomas 9)
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
·      The Pearl of Great Price (Matt 13:45-46 / Thomas 76)
·      Wheat and the Weeds/Tares (Matt 13:24-30 / Thomas 57)

Byzantine mosaics
·      The Final Judgment—Sheep/Goats (Matt 25:31-46)
·      The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18:10-14)

Roman Catacombs
·      Good Shepherd

Dura Europos
·      Good Shepherd

Rossano Gospels
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
·      The Ten Maidens/Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matt 25:1-13)

Gregory the Great
·      The Treasure in the Field/Hidden Treasure (Matt 13:44 / Thomas 109)
·      The Pearl of Great Price (Matt 13:45-46 / Thomas 76)
·      The Net
·      Workers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1-16)
·      The Wedding Feast (Matt 22:1-14); mentions Luke’s version
·      The Talents
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)

Bede the Venerable
·      The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
·      House on the Rock (Luke 6:47-48)
·      Lost Sheep

Sahih al-Bukhari
·      Workers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1-16)

Wazo of Liège
·      Wheat and the Weeds/Tares (Matt 13:24-30 / Thomas 57)

Golden Gospels of Echternach
·      Workers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1-16)
·      The Wicked Tenants (Mark 12:1-12 / Matt 21:33-46 / Luke 20:9-19 / Thomas 65-66)
·      Great Dinner (Luke 14)
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)

Theophylact
·      The Unjust Manager/Steward (Luke 16:1-8)
·      The Rich Fool (Luke 12:16-21/Thomas 63)
·      The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18:10-14)
·      The Wise and Foolish Builders/Two Builders (Matt 7:24-27/Luke 6:47-49)
·      Building a Tower (Luke 14:28-30)
·      The Two Debtors (Luke 7:41-43)

Hildegard of Bingen
·      The Unjust Manager/Steward (Luke 16:1-8)
·      Workers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1-16)
·      Others mentioned in passing

Chartres Cathedral
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)

Bonaventure
·      Great Dinner (Luke 14)
·      The Rich Fool (Luke 12:16-21/Thomas 63)
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)

Thomas Aquinas
·      Wheat and the Weeds/Tares (Matt 13:24-30 / Thomas 57)

John Gower
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)

Antonia Pulci
·      The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) (includes mentions of Lost Coin/Sheep)

Albrecht Dürer
·      The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)

Martin Luther
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)
·      Laborers/Workers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1-16)
·      The Talents (Matt 25:14-30)
·      The Final Judgment—Sheep/Goats (Matt 25:31-46)
·      The Unjust Manager/Steward (Luke 16:1-8)

Anna Janz
·      The Final Judgment—Sheep/Goats (Matt 25:31-46)

John Calvin
·      The Ten Maidens/Ten Bridesmaids/Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matt 25:1-13)
·      Wheat and the Weeds/Tares (Matt 13:24-30 / Thomas 57)
·      The Net / Dragnet (Matt 13:47-50)
·      The Treasure in the Field (Matt 13:44 / Thomas 109)
·      The Pearl of Great Price (Matt 13:45-46 / Thomas 76)
·      The Barren Fig Tree (Luke 13:6-9)
·      The Unjust Manager/Steward (Luke 16:1-8)
·      The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18:10-14)

John Maldonatus
·      The Sower (Mark 4:3-8, 13-20; Matt 13:3-8, 18-23; Luke 8:5-8, 11-15; Thomas 9)
·      The Pearl of Great Price (Matt 13:45-46 / Thomas 76)
·      The Net / Dragnet (Matt 13:47-50)
·      Wheat and the Weeds/Tares (Matt 13:24-30 / Thomas 57)
·      Laborers/Workers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1-16)

William Shakespeare
·      The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18:10-14) (mention)
·      The Unforgiving Slave/Unmerciful Servant (Matt 18:23-35) (mention)
·      Laborers/Workers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1-16) (mention)
·      The Talents (Matt 25:14-30) (mention)
·      The Unjust Manager/Steward (Luke 16:1-8) (mention)
·      The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) (mention)

Domenico Fetti
·      Mote and the Beam (Luke 6:39-42)
·      The Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10)
·      The Unforgiving Slave/Unmerciful Servant (Matt 18:23-35)

George Herbert
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
·      The Sower (Mark 4:3-8, 13-20; Matt 13:3-8, 18-23; Luke 8:5-8, 11-15; Thomas 9)
·      Talents
·      Great Feast
·      The Pearl of Great Price (Matt 13:45-46 / Thomas 76)

Roger Williams
·      Wheat and the Weeds/Tares (Matt 13:24-30 / Thomas 57)
·      The Sower (Mark 4:3-8, 13-20; Matt 13:3-8, 18-23; Luke 8:5-8, 11-15; Thomas 9)

Rembrandt
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
·      The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
·      The Rich Fool (Luke 12:16-21/Thomas 63)

John Bunyan
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)
·      The Barren Fig Tree (Luke 13:6-9)
·      The Ten Maidens/Ten Bridesmaids/Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matt 25:1-13)
·      The Wedding Feast (Matt 22:1-14)
·      The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18:10-14)

William Blake
·      The Ten Maidens/Ten Bridesmaids/Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matt 25:1-13)

Kierkegaard
·      The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18:10-14)
·      The Two Debtors (Luke 7:41-43)

Frederick Douglass
·      The Final Judgment—Sheep/Goats (Matt 25:31-46)
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)

Fanny Crosby
·      The Wedding Feast (Matt 22:1-14)
·      The Ten Maidens/Ten Bridesmaids/Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matt 25:1-13)
·      The Waiting Slaves (Mark 13:34-37/Luke 12:35-38)
·      The Talents (Matt 25:14-30)
·      The Lost Sheep (Matt 18:12-14/Luke15:4-7/Thom 107? / Gospel of Truth 31-32?
·      The Final Judgment—Sheep/Goats (Matt 25:31-46)

Leo Tolstoy
·      House on the Rock
·      The Final Judgment—Sheep/Goats (Matt 25:31-46)
·      The Two Debtors (Luke 7:41-43)

John Everett Millais
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
·      The Unjust Judge / Importunate Widow (Luke 18:2-8)
·      Lost Coin mention
·      Wicked Husbandmen mention

Emily Dickinson
·      The Final Judgment—Sheep/Goats (Matt 25:31-46)

Charles Spurgeon
·      The Two Debtors (Luke 7:41-43)
·      The Sower (Mark 4:3-8, 13-20; Matt 13:3-8, 18-23; Luke 8:5-8, 11-15; Thomas 9)
·      The Unforgiving Slave/Unmerciful Servant (Matt 18:23-35)

Adolf Jülicher
·      Growing Seed (Mark 4:26-29)
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)
·      The Unjust Manager/Steward (Luke 16:1-8)

Thomas Hart Benton
·      The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)

Robert Wilkins
·      The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)

Flannery O’Connor
·      The Sower (Mark 4:3-8, 13-20; Matt 13:3-8, 18-23; Luke 8:5-8, 11-15; Thomas 9)
·      Wheat and the Weeds/Tares (Matt 13:24-30 / Thomas 57)

Martin Luther King, Jr.
·      The Rich Fool (Luke 12:16-21/Thomas 63)
·      The Final Judgment—Sheep/Goats (Matt 25:31-46)
·      The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)

Godspell
·      Pharisee and the Tax Collector
·      Unforgiving Servant
·      Sheep and Goats
·      Good Samaritan
·      Rich Man and Lazarus
·      Sower
·      Prodigal Son

Peasants of Solentiname
·      The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)

Elsa Tamez
·      The Unjust Judge / Importunate Widow (Luke 18:2-8)

David Flusser
·      The Talents (Matt 25:14-30) / The Pounds (Luke 19:12-27)

Octavia Butler
·      The Sower (Mark 4:3-8, 13-20; Matt 13:3-8, 18-23; Luke 8:5-8, 11-15; Thomas 9)
·      The Unjust Judge / Importunate Widow (Luke 18:2-8)
·      The Talents (Matt 25:14-30) / The Pounds (Luke 19:12-27)

Thich Nhat Hanh
·      The Mustard Seed (Mark 4:30-32 / Matt 13:31-32 / Luke 13:18-19 / Thomas 20)
·      The Leaven/Yeast (Matt 13:33 / Luke 13:20-21 / Thomas 96)
·      The Treasure in the Field (Matt 13:44 / Thomas 109)
·      The Final Judgment—Sheep/Goats (Matt 25:31-46) : Not directly

·      The Sower (Mark 4:3-8, 13-20; Matt 13:3-8, 18-23; Luke 8:5-8, 11-15; Thomas 9)

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