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parable
parable the term translates the Hebrew word "mashal" —a term denoting a metaphor, or an enigmatic saying or an analogy. In the Greco-Roman rhetorical tradition, however, "parables" were illustrative narrative examples. Jewish teachers of the 1st cent. AD made use of comparisons in narr... Read more
Dives
Dives [Lat.,=rich], traditional name of the unnamed rich man of the parable in the Gospel of St. Luke. ... Read more
prodigal son
prodigal son in the New Testament, parable of Jesus about heaven and the sinner who repents. A young man leaves home and becomes a wastrel; repentant, he returns to be received with joyful welcome. ... Read more
Jotham
Jotham , in the Bible. 1 The only one of Gideon's sons not killed by Abimelech; noted for his parable of the trees electing the bramble to be their king. 2 King of Judah, son of Uzziah. He was a contemporary of Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah. His name is also spelled Joatham. 3 Descendant of Caleb. ... Read more
Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballou 1771-1852, American clergyman, foremost among expositors of Universalism in the United States, b. Cheshire co., N.H. From 1818 until his death he was pastor of the Second Universalist Society in Boston. One of the founders (1819) of the Universalist Magazine, he was its editor until ... Read more
Lazarus
Lazarus [Gr.,=Heb., Eleazar ], in the New Testament. 1 Brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany who, after four days in the tomb, was brought back to life by Jesus. 2 Beggar in the parable who lay suffering and neglected at the rich man's gate. After death the rich man, parching in hell, pleads i... Read more
allegory
allegory in literature, symbolic story that serves as a disguised representation for meanings other than those indicated on the surface. The characters in an allegory often have no individual personality, but are embodiments of moral qualities and other abstractions. The allegory is closely related... Read more
halakah
halakah or halacha [Heb.,=law], in Judaism, the body of law regulating all aspects of life, including religious ritual, familial and personal status, civil relations, criminal law, and relations with non-Jews. Halakah is the term used to designate both a particular ordinance and the law in the ... Read more
Gospel according to Saint Luke
Gospel according to Saint Luke third book of the New Testament. It was composed in the second half of the 1st cent. Since the 2d cent. it and the Acts of the Apostles have been ascribed to St. Luke; Acts is sometimes considered a sequel to the Gospel. Apparent sources for the Gospel are the Gospel ... Read more
Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen , 1899-1973, Anglo-Irish novelist, b. Dublin. In impeccable prose she treated love and frustration through studies of complex psychological relationships. Her novels include The Hotel (1927), To the North (1932), The House in Paris (1936), The Death of the Heart (1938), and ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Parable"

Banana Parable
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Banana Parable The banana parable is found both in A Treatise on Money (Keynes 1930) and in John...that was brought out in Keynes ’ s “ banana parable. ” In the story Keyes envisions a simple economy that...
parable
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition parable the term translates the Hebrew word "mashal" —a term denoting...in narrative form to clarify scripture. As used in the Gospels, the "parable" not only denotes metaphors, analogies, and enigmatic statements, but...
Bruegel Family
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...on the Sea of Tiberius (1553) and the Landscape with the Parable of the Sower (1557), are within the world-landscape tradition...1568). In paintings like The Cripples (1568) and The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind (1569), Bruegel returned...
Hersey, John (Richard)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...of his experiences; The Child Buyer (1960), a satirical parable about modern education, which tells of a governmental buyer...dramatized by Paul Shyre (1964); White Lotus (1965), a parable of race relations, treating a mythical Oriental land in which...
Sympathy
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...famous illustration of this response occurs in the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan, where a certain Samaritan stops to...the way from Jerusalem to Jericho. Sympathy, then, as this parable suggests, is a kind of positive response to another ’...
MacNeice, (Frederick) Louis
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...renowned as an outstanding writer of radio documentaries and radio parable plays; these include Christopher Columbus (1944) and his...abridged version of Goethe's Faust (1951), and Varieties of Parable (from the 1963 Clark lectures) and a volume of autobiography...
Nathan, Robert (Gruntal)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...converted Jew in a Calvinist heaven; One More Spring (1933), a parable of Christian charity; Road of Ages (1935), about an imagined...The Train in the Meadow (1953); Sir Henry (1955), a parable about an aging, moonstruck knight; Rancho of the Little Loves...
John Fowles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the conventional, the aristoi versus hoi polloi. As Fowles noted, "My purpose in The Collector was to analyse, through a parable, some of the results of this confrontation." This theme, as well as a concern with freedom and authenticity and parallel...
François Truffaut
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...not transcend its banality of theme. Even more disappointing was Fahrenheit 451 (1966), an uninspired science-fiction parable about a future society in which reading is prohibited. The Bride Wore Black (1968), a revenge tale, was a rather depressing...
William Tyndale
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...being sold in London. In November all available copies were burned at St. Paul's Cross. In 1528 Tyndale published the Parable of the Wicked Mammon, dealing with Luther's teaching concerning justification by faith, and the Obedience of a Christian...

Dictionary entries related to "Parable"

raft parable
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism raft parable. Often-cited parable that occurs in the Discourse on the Parable of the Water Snake ( Alagaddūpama Sutta ) in the Majjhima Nikāya of the Pāli Canon. The parable relates to a traveller who fords a...
parable
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable parable a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels. Recorded...Stories told by Jesus are often referred to by specific titles referring to their subjects, such as the parable of the sower .
Parable
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Parable (Gk., parabolē ). A story or illustration of important teaching, used by rabbis and by Jesus, more direct than...
sower, parable of the
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable sower, parable of the in the Bible (Matthew 13:3–8), the story told by Jesus of how ‘a sower went forth to sow’, to illustrate the varying readiness of those he taught to receive Jesus's message.
parables
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...gave every character and action in the parable of the Good Samaritan a symbol standing...maintained that the essence of a genuine parable was that it has but one single, discoverable...contrivance—the unjust judge of the parable (Luke 18: 2–5) is not a...
Samaritan
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...from the woman of Samaria, and to the parable of the good Samaritan (see below...Samaritans (taking their name from the parable) are an organization which counsels the...helpful person, with reference to the parable told by Jesus in Luke ch. 10 about a...
vineyard
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...biblical allusion to Matthew 20:1 and 21:28. parable of the vineyard a parable in Luke's gospel, from which the Vinegar Bible...vineyard stands for the world created by God. The parable tells the story of a man who planted a vineyard...
Jonah, book of
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...cent. BCE (2 Kgs. 14: 25) but the book is an extended parable probably written in the 4th cent. BCE . It describes how Jonah...this curmudgeonly attitude, he was soundly rebuked. As a parable the book therefore seems to imply God's universal mercy on...
Haggadah
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...Passover, including a narrative of the Exodus. Also, a legend, parable, or anecdote used to illustrate a point of the Law in the Talmud...Hebrew Haggāḏāh ‘tale, parable’.
fall
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...an endeavour or undertaking; with biblical allusion to the parable of the sower , in which some of the seed ‘fell by...be ignored or badly received; with biblical allusion to the parable of the sower , in which some seed ‘fell upon stony...

Thesaurus entries related to "Parable"

parable
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus parable • noun  the parable of the prodigal son synonyms : allegory, moral story/tale, fable, exemplum.
tale
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...x2022; noun   1. a fairy tale synonyms : story, short story, narrative, anecdote, legend, fable, myth, parable, allegory, epic, saga; inf. yarn.   2. hear tales of her wild behavior synonyms : talk, rumor, gossip, hearsay...
fable
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus fable • noun   1. the fable of the wary fox synonyms : moral tale, tale, parable, allegory.   2. the fables of ancient Greece synonyms : myth, legend, saga, epic, folk tale, folk story, fairy...
myth
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...x2022; noun   1. read ancient myths synonyms : legend, saga, tale, story, fable, folk tale, allegory, parable, fairy tale/story, bestiary.   2. her having a rich father was just a myth synonyms : fantasy, delusion, figment...
allegory
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English allegory • noun   1. Orwell's Animal Farm is an allegory synonyms : parable, fable.   2. illustrate by allegory synonyms : symbolism, symbol, metaphor, analogy.
story
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...story folk tale ghost story gothic novel historical novel horror story just-so story legend morality tale mystery myth parable romance saga shaggy-dog story short story tearjerker thriller tragedy traveler's tale true story urban myth

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Parable Introduces Multimedia For The Masses
PR Newswire; 4/28/1997; 700+ words ; ...Mass., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Parable today outlined its plans to release a...their creations on the World Wide Web. Parable's radically simple-to-use software...said Eric Bedell, President and CEO of Parable. "When fully distilled to its component...
Parable Partners With XOOM.com To Expand ThingSearch to Another 3.8 Million Users.
Business Wire; 10/20/1998; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1998--Parable, an Internet multimedia company, today...com) in which XOOM.com will host Parable's ThingSearch(tm) database (www...service that allows for the hosting of Parable's searchable ThingWorld(tm) database...
On the Hasidic parable
Magazine article from: Judaism; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...and thought. It is worth noting that a parable is not a logical argument. Like any analogy, a parable accentuates certain similarities while it...crucial differences.' But if the hasidic parable does not present a logical case, it achieves...
Repentance and conflict in the parable of the lost son (Luke 15:11-32)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Lost Sheep and Lost Coin continue in the parable of the Lost Son, though now we have a...story with three main characters. In this parable, the younger of two sons becomes unsettled...treatment of one so undeserving. The parable ends with the matter of the elder son...
Did David Overinterpret Nathan's Parable in 2 Samuel 12:1-6?
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...holds that David misunderstands Nathans parable in 2 Sam 12:lb-4. Most scholars assume...an actual legal case rather than as a parable.1 This article argues that David does in fact recognize Nathan's story as a parable but that he does not interpret it as Nathan...
Honor restored: New light on the parable of the prudent steward (Luke 16:1-8a)
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...book section devoted to the so-called parable of the Unjust Steward begins by noting...16:8a? Is he the "master" of the parable or Jesus himself? Why does the...apparent act of fraud? Where does the parable end? The following essay reviews the...
Parable Brings Things to Monopoly.com; Parable and Hasbro Expand Relationship and Release Monopoly Game Things as Part of Monopoly Game Token Campaign.
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Parable's Things Offer 'A Whole New Life' to Homebuilders at theglobe.com; Sharable and Collectible Multimedia Now Available to 1.5 Million Members.
Business Wire; 6/1/1998; 700+ words ; ...creation of Things, and a trial version of Parable's ThingMaker(TM) 1.0, an easy...their pages or Things they create with Parable's ThingMaker software. "theglobe...http://www.thingworld.com), Parable's multimedia marketplace and distribution...
Parable Closes Second Round Financing With Strategic Partners in Entertainment, Sports, and New Media.
Business Wire; 3/30/1998; 700+ words ; ...England Patriots, and Parker Brothers -- Parable today announces the close of its second...Ventures. With this investor group, Parable gains additional opportunities to partner...sports and new media arenas. In addition, Parable announces content relationships with Parker...
Parable Redefines Web Interactivity With Things
PR Newswire; 12/4/1997; 700+ words ; ...Mass., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Parable today unleashes Things onto the World...found; -- make and change Things with Parable's ThingMaker(TM). Things offer ownership...reuse their Things. Things are made with Parable's patent pending multimedia authoring...