Original Research - Special Collection: Public Discourse
A prophet of old: Jesus the ‘public theologian’
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 66, No 1 | a771 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v66i1.771
| © 2010 Ernest van Eck
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 26 November 2009 | Published: 08 October 2010
Submitted: 26 November 2009 | Published: 08 October 2010
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Ernest van Eck, University of Pretoria, South AfricaAbstract
In this article the argument is put forward that Jesus’ parables portray him as a social prophet, as many of the issues addressed by Old Testament prophets (such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos and Hosea) are common themes in Jesus’ parables. As proof for and further elaboration on the abovementioned argument, two of these themes from Jesus’ parables, religious inclusivity and social injustice, are discussed. It is concluded that if public theology is understood as public theologians doing theology in public, Jesus was a ‘public theologian’ par excellence.
Keywords
parables; historical Jesus; social prophet; social justice; Amos; Hosea
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