Reversing the Ethical Perspective: What the Allegorical Interpretation of the Good Samaritan Parable Can Still Teach Us

The parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10 is often interpreted as an exhortation to broaden the boundaries of neighbor love. However, prominent patristic exegetes forego this emphasis in favor of an allegorical interpretation that construes the downtrodden man as a picture of fallen humanity and...

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Main Author: Clark, Patrick Mahaney (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2014
In: Theology today
Year: 2014, Volume: 71, Issue: 3, Pages: 300-309
Further subjects:B Augustine
B Salvation
B Ethics
B Christian
B Service
B Good Samaritan parable
B Dependency
B ALLEGORICAL EXEGESIS
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