1. 耶穌比喻與律法

一)課程內容

本課程採用文學角度研讀耶穌之比喻,嘗試探討耶穌在新約福音書中為甚麼主要用比喻傳遞天國的神學信息,藉此認識比喻的本質及其研讀方法。並研究新約與舊約、耶穌與律法、天國子民與以色列民等對立而需整合的重要聖經神學信息。

二)課程目標

  1. 認識不同詮釋耶穌比喻之傳統,學習各傳統釋經手法之長處。
  2. 嘗試深入研讀個別有代表性的耶穌之比喻,以掌握耶穌傳遞真理的原則與手法。
  3. 認識新約與舊約之間的張力,並嘗試在馬太福音中尋找適當的答案。

三)課程大綱

  1. 舊約中的比喻
  2. 耶穌比喻的分類
  3. 耶穌比喻的詮釋傳統
  4. 耶穌傳遞真理的原則與手法 
  5. 摩西律法與耶穌比喻
  6. 舊約與新約之間的張力與整合 

四)功課

  1. 閱讀參考資料 500頁  (10小時)
  2. 專文 5000-7000字 (100%)  (40小時)
a. 探討比喻的詮釋原則及方法
b. 個別耶穌比喻的詮釋

五)參考書目

  1. 斯諾德格拉斯(Snodgrass Klyne)著。李秀娟譯。《主耶穌的比喻》。South Pasadena, CA : 美國麥種傳道會,2013。
  2. 貝里(Kenneth E. Bailey)著。 鍾榮基譯。《詩人與農夫 : 從文學與文化進路再思耶穌的比喻》。新北市 : 校園書房,2015。
  3. 馮蔭坤。 鍾榮基譯。《擘開生命之餅 : 路加五個獨有的比喻》。香港 : 基道,1990。
  4. 張慕皚。《從耶穌基督的比喻看豐盛生命之旅》。香港 : 明道社,2011。
  5. Ball, Michael. The Radical Stories of Jesus: Interpreting the Parables Today. Oxford: Regent’s Park College, 2000.
  6. Blomberg, Craig L. Interpreting the Parables. Leicester: Apollos, 1990.
  7. Boucher, Madeleine. The Mysterious Parable: A Literary Study. Washington, D.C.: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 1977.
  8. Capon, Robert Farrar. The Parables of the Kingdom: Jesus’ Left-hand Approach to A Wrong-headed World. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1985.
  9. Carter, Warren and John Paul Heil. Matthew's Parables :Audience-oriented Perspectives. Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 1998.
  10. Crossan, John Dominic. Cliffs of fall : Paradox and Polyvalence in the Parables. New York: Seabury Press, 1980.
  11. Donahue, John R. The Gospel in Parable: Metaphor, Narrative, and Theology in the Synoptic Gospels. Reprint edition. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990.
  12. Ford, Richard Q. The Parabels of Jesus: Recovering the Art of Listening. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1997.
  13. Hedrick, Charles W. Parables as Poetic Fictions: the Creative Voice of Jesus. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 1994.
  14. Herzog, William R. II. Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the Opressed. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1994.
  15. Longenecker, Richard N. ed. The Challenge of Jesus’s Parables. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
  16. McKenna, Megan. Parables : the Arrows of God. Maryknoll, N.Y. :Orbis Books, 1994.
  17. Parker, Andrew. Painfully Clear: The Parables of Jesus. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.
  18. Scott, Bernard Brandon. Hear Then the Parable : A Commentary on the Parables of Jesus. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991.
  19. Tolbert, Mary Ann. Perspectives on the Parables: An Approach to Multiple Interpretations. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1979.
  20. Westermann, Claus. The Parables of Jesus: In the Light of the Old Testament. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990.