Parables as persuasive narratives
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Main funder
Funding: Academy of Finland, University of Eastern Finland.
Our values and action are shaped by narratives. The parables of Jesus belong to the most influential of them. But the interpretations are contradictory, as we do not know how they function. This project aims at cracking the code of the parables.
Leaders
This project aims at a paradigm shift in one of the most studied topics: the interpretation of the parables of Jesus. We seek to understand, how these early Jewish narratives were supposed to function in their earliest literary context as appeals to reason and the emotions. In contrast to earlier, mostly theological or historical, approaches, the project strives for a paradigm shift. It applies modern argumentation analysis, narratology, and data mining. This will result in a comprehensive definition of the parables, new analytical approaches and interpretations. The project will also offer a better basis for using the parables as historical material. In society, the misuse of the parables, for example, in hate speech can be exposed.
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Post-doctoral Researchers
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Katri Antin
Postdoctoral ResearcherSchool of Theology, Philosophical Faculty -
Niilo Lahti
Visiting Researcher
Doctoral Researchers
Publications
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From Parable to Prophecy: Subsequint Phases in Understanding Jesus' Narratives
Thurén, Lauri. Teoksessa: Lindqvist, Pekka; Valve, Lotta(toim.) , 2021. Herald of Good Tidings: Essays on the Bible, Prophecy, and the Hope of Israel in Honour of Antti Laato. s. 265-284. Sheffield phoenix press -
Is there a Reason to Worry? A Pragma-Dialectical Analysis of Matthew 6: 25-34
Lahti, Niilo. Teoksessa: Roitto, Rikard; Shantz, Colleen; Luomanen, Petri(toim.) , 2021. Social and Cognitive Perspectives on the Sermon on the Mount. s. 205-235. Equinox publishing -
Parables in the Sermon on the Mount - a Cognitive and Rhetorical Perspective
Thurén, Lauri. Teoksessa: Roitto, Rikard; Schantz, Colleen; Luomanen, Petri(toim.) , 2021. Social and Cognitive Perspectives on the Sermon on the Mount. s. 174-204. Equinox publishing -
Professor Lauri Thurén as Advancing the Methodology in Biblical Literary Studies
Lahti, Niilo. Teoksessa: Voitila, Anssi; Lahti, Niilo; Sundkvist, Mikael; Valve, Lotta(toim.) , 2021. From Text to Persuasion: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Lauri Thurén on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday. s. 11-20. Suomen eksegeettinen seura -
The Final Countdown - The Last Judgment in the Light of Narratology and Argumentation Analysis
Thurén, Lauri. Teoksessa: Nicklas, Tobias; Niebuhr, Karl-Wilhelm; Seleznev, Mikhail(toim.) , 2020. History and Theology in the Gospels. s. 289-302. Mohr Siebeck -
The Jesus of the Text: Unmanipulated Parables as an Alternative to Historical and Theological Reconstructions
Thurén, Lauri. Teoksessa: Bylund, Louise Heldgaard; Falkenberg, René; Kartzow, Marianne Bjelland; Larsen, Kasper Bro(toim.) , 2020. Nordic Interpretations of the New Testament - Challenging Texts and Perspectives. s. 261-282. Vandenhoeck & ruprecht -
Multiple Communication Layers and the Enigma of the Last Judgment (Matt 25,31-46)
Thurén Lauri. Teoksessa: van Wieringen ALHM, Koet BJ(toim.) , 2017. Multiple Teachers in Biblical Texts. s. 125-146. Peeters -
Kameli neulansilmästä: Jeesuksen vertaukset puhtaalta pöydältä
Thurén Lauri. 2015. . . Kirjapaja -
Parables Unplugged - Reading the Lukan Parables in Their Rhetorical Context
Lauri Thurén. 2014. . . Fortress press