A parábola em acto

: análise narrativa de Lc 13,10-21

Abstract

Jesus spoke in parables to reveal the mysteries of God’s Kingdom. Luke, collecting the data of tradition, attaches the Kingdom’s parables, the only ones in all third Gospel, in the exclusive context of the cure of the crippled woman. The evangelist, then, wants the meaning of the parables to be understood by the reader in that particular context. Moreo-ver, the grammatical construction of Lk 13:10-21 allows establishing a continuity relation-ship between the primary narrative and the parabolic speech. Therefore, in the present work, it is analyzed the relationship between the events related in that same Saturday and same synagogue. According to the narrative method, there are highlighted the literary ele-ments and the scenic images that the text suggests, proposing a reading of the parabolic content in strict relation with the previous events. If Jesus spoke in parables about the Kingdom’s God, His own action reveals the current and operant presence of the Kingdom.

Date of Award	2 Oct 2017
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Bernardo Monteiro Fernandes Corrêa d'Almeida (Supervisor)