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Sayings of Jesus

Sayings of Jesus. Some sayings come from Jesus himself Logia: sayings Others may have been popular proverbs or sayings of the time These Jesus may have adopted May have simply been attributed to him by Church 15 proverbs turned sayings (p78). Sayings of Jesus.

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Sayings of Jesus

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  1. Sayings of Jesus • Some sayings come from Jesus himself • Logia: sayings • Others may have been popular proverbs or sayings of the time • These Jesus may have adopted • May have simply been attributed to him by Church • 15 proverbs turned sayings (p78)

  2. Sayings of Jesus • Themes reflective of preaching of Jesus • Centrality of the kingdom of God • Final reversal of status • Struggle or conflict • Danger of wealth • Call for radical change of heart

  3. Sayings of Jesus • Final reversal • Final or eschatological reversal • Variety of forms • First shall be last and last shall be first • Most dramatic in beatitudes • Beatitudes illustrate final reversal as well as challenge to Jesus’ preaching • Sermon on Mount/Plain • Based on Q • Perhaps most authentic of Jesus’ sayings

  4. Beatitudes • Read the two accounts of the Beatitudes • Matt: 5:1-48 • Luke: 6:20-49 • Q: p81 • Write your own version of Beatitudes, specific to our community, era, age, etc • Be creative, but appropriate • Be mindful of the theme of Jesus’ preaching • Write a minimum of 5 unique sayings

  5. Beatitudes • Who are the poor? • Ani: lterally means afflicted • Denotes lower classes—often oppressed & lacked power to defend • Anawim: poor of Yahweh • Could only look to God for help • Poverty and injustice was genuine social problem • Economic changes & double or triple taxation • Exclusionary rules of purity added to marginalized • Poor included: sinners, women, orphan, illiterate, mentally ill, disfiguring diseases, Pharisees • Illusions to this larger group are obvious in scripture

  6. The Our Father • Thought to come from Jesus himself • Aramaic orginal • Greek in Q • Two versions • Matt 6:9-13 • Luke 11:2-4 • Instruction on prayer

  7. Parables • Importance cannot be overstated • Some of the most confidently authentic words of Jesus • All of the great themes, teachings are in parables • Transcend time, language, place • Jesus did not create parable as genre, but was brilliant user

  8. Parables in Ancient World • Not a new literary genre • Greek/Rome • Aristotle • Israel • Old Testament

  9. Types of Parables • Similitude • Concise • Told in present tense • 12 in synoptic Gospels • Two Coins • Growing Seed

  10. Types of Parables • Parable • Often longer & more detailed than similitude • Tells story • One-time event; fictitious • Persistent Widow • Two Sons

  11. Types of Parables • Exemplary Story • Implied comparison between event & reality of the moral or religious order • Not an analogy, but example • Exemplary story doesn’t compare dissimilar things, but similar

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