Lighten up: Reading Matthew’s Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids from the other side of the door
Based on a sermon about Matt 25:1–13, this article creatively re-examines the Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids by attempting a sympathetic reading of the five “foolish” bridesmaids. It acknowledges the complex and multivalent nature of Jesus’s parables and the difficulty of settling on a single “right...
| Subtitles: | From a Certain Point of View: Reading Texts in Contexts |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2025
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| In: |
Review and expositor
Year: 2025, Volume: 122, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 116-123 |
| RelBib Classification: | HC New Testament NBE Anthropology VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Parables
B Interpretation of B Inclusion B Discipleship B Gospel of Matthew B Eschatology |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
