Bartnicki, Roman (Wydawnictwo Archidiecezji Warszawskiej, 2010)
The parables of Jesus Christ still belong to the field of interest of the exegetes. The allegorical interpretation and the historical – critical exegesis was followed by the stage of post-critical research, which has resulted in the restructuring of our perception of this literary genre. The article exposes at first the contemporary look at the parables in the Old Testament and in the Hellenistic literature. Several definitions of a parable are given and the characteristics of this literary genre are indicated. The classification of parables made by Jülicher is criticised and the suggestions for other typologies are indicated. The characteristic features of the parables in the synoptic gospels are briefly presented. The sense of Ml 4, 11-12 is discussed in more details. The article concludes with indications for the interpretation of the parable.
