Beyond Petty Pursuits and Wearisome Widows: Three Lukan Parables
The three Lukan parables that feature female characters have often been interpreted as stories about women tending to trivial tasks. Yet these figures reveal the divine work of transforming and feeding, extravagantly seeking after the lost for redemption, and persistently pursuing justice until it i...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2002
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Interpretation
Year: 2002, Volume: 56, Issue: 3, Pages: 284-294 |
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Summary: | The three Lukan parables that feature female characters have often been interpreted as stories about women tending to trivial tasks. Yet these figures reveal the divine work of transforming and feeding, extravagantly seeking after the lost for redemption, and persistently pursuing justice until it is achieved. |
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ISSN: | 2159-340X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/002096430005600305 |