Friday, June 26, 2020

The parable of tenants



The parable of tenants digresses from the seed parables, which are irenic, and deals with a whole lot of different issues that entail violence and conflict: social relations and economic justice.

-From Jesus: aggressive resistance or non-violent resistance? Think about the situation of tenants in first-century Palestine in rural countries. What would you do if you were peasants?

-From Mark: How to justify the harsh treatment of the tenants? Is the allegory working with you? Supersessionism? What is the Markan view of the mission to the world?