tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post3578631147654677365..comments2024-03-24T04:09:03.396-04:00Comments on The Cross Reference: Bible Study: The Parables of Jesus ChristJeffrey Pinyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08758581112217835988noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post-17934931641348337182008-03-26T12:16:00.000-04:002008-03-26T12:16:00.000-04:00I'm not sure the interpretation is bona fide - you...I'm not sure the interpretation is bona fide - you can google it. Some agree, some don't.<BR/><BR/>But it helped me relate to the parable, not in monetary terms but rather how the woman safeguards and funnels her possessions into "beatitude." <BR/><BR/>(See <I>makarios</I> in "little Kittel" <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=V94RcCsm82sC&pg=PA365&lpg=PA365&dq=beatitude+kittel&source=web&ots=wHKO7sI4bY&sig=YlERkMyHr49NqXCeF6VQz_VSjjM&hl=en#PPA367,M1" REL="nofollow">online</A> - if the link doesn't work, google "beatitude kittel"). I recommend that single volume edition, if you don't already have it.<BR/><BR/>To spiritualize, of course, Christ is the husband.Moonshadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277057132720569896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post-61305311583540237792008-03-26T11:59:00.000-04:002008-03-26T11:59:00.000-04:00I'm not familiar with that interpretation; could y...I'm not familiar with that interpretation; could you explain it a little further?Jeffrey Pinyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758581112217835988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post-44342117193630489372008-03-26T10:02:00.000-04:002008-03-26T10:02:00.000-04:00The parable of the lost coin (Luke 15:8-10) primar...The parable of the lost coin (Luke 15:8-10) primarily because of an interpretation that suggests the money is the woman's dowry. <BR/><BR/>The coins represent her future happiness in relation to her husband.<BR/><BR/>One can spiritualize that interpretation entirely.Moonshadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277057132720569896noreply@blogger.com