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The Parables of Jesus
Bernard Brandon Scott & Hal Taussig
LECTURE
Bernard Brandon Scott
What is a Parable?
Lost for ages in the backwaters of allegory and simplistic preaching, the parables of Jesus have emerged in modern scholarship as the creation of a great artist. Brandon Scott will explore what parables are and how they differ from allegories. The parable of the Leaven will serve as the primary focus of the presentation.
Friday, 7:30-9 P.M.
WORKSHOPS
Hal Taussig & Brandon Scott
Jesus and the Parables He Taught
Hal Taussig and Brandon Scott will explore the various methods that have been used to interpret parables and look at a series of parables that go back to Jesus—the Good Samaritan, Prodigal Sons, Vineyard Laborers, and the Banquet, examining their meanings and the reasons they are attributed to Jesus himself.
Saturday, 9:30 A.M.-Noon
The Larger Message of Jesus
The kingdom of God is a key term in Jesus' parables. Taussig and Scott will suggest ways this concept and the parables connect to other sayings of Jesus, and tease out a portrait of Jesus' overall message.
Saturday, 1:30-4 P.M.
FACULTY
Bernard Brandon Scott (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University) is the Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament at the Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, OK. He is the author of several books, including Hear Then the Parable (1989) and Re-Imagine the World (2002), and editor of Funk on Parables (2007).
Hal Taussig (Ph.D., The Union Institute) is Visiting Professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary, NYC, Professor of Early Christianity at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia, and co-pastor at the Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church. His several books include Jesus Before God (1999) and A New Spiritual Home (2006).
ALL EVENTS AT
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
505 E. Charleston Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
All Sessions Pre-registration (by February 8) Registration (after February 8) Additional Family Member Single Sessions Friday Evening Lecture Saturday Morning Workshop Saturday Afternoon Workshop
Register by mail using the printable registration form.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Westar Institute
P.O. Box 7268
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
tollfree 877-523-3545, 707- 523-1350 fax
events@westarinstitute.orgor
The Rev. Eva Ceskava
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
650-494-0541 ext. 28