What is it about?
In popular language, the parable is a story told with a comparison effect, whose objective is to present a teaching. Their understanding presupposes that listeners are willing to follow the speaker’s ideas so that they can understand the point of similarity between the image and the thing itself. There is no mistake with this definition. But it can convey the idea that the parable is easy to interpret. On the contrary, it is one of the most difficult literary genres to analyze. Its connections with popular culture and with ideas commonly spread in a society are not always easy to discover. In addition, there may also be a need to consider details involving intertextuality.
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Why is it important?
This article intends to analyze the passage of Lc 16,19-31 under the notion of intertextualityLuke/ Acts. In addition, it will highlight the political and economic contexts of the author’s time and the parallels of this passage in a first-century Egyptian tale; in a history of the of the Palestinian Talmud and in Luciano’s work.
Perspectives
A close reading of Lk 16:19-31 will not ignore its immediate and broader context: the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts read sequentially so that their component parts are understood. By situating the parable within this larger narrative, Luke's readers can perceive connecting elements, linking the parable to what will happen in the history of the Christian community. Although words so dear to Luke's Gospel as πλούσιος and πτωχός are absent from Acts, it could be argued that in Acts these words were replaced by an ethic of sharing and a concern for the privileged and the high-ranking.
Master in Hermeneutic Studies -//- Adriano da Silva Carvalho
Instituto Brasileiro de Educação Integrada - IBEI
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This page is a summary of: O homem rico e Lázaro, Pesquisas em Teologia, December 2020, Faculdades Catolicas - Departamento de Teologia,
DOI: 10.46859/10.46859/pucrio.acad.pqteo.2595-9409.2020v3n6p331.
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