Parable
A Parable is a succinct didactive prose story.
- Example(s):
- a Parables of Jesus, such as:
- Parable of the Growing Seed (Mark 4:26–29);
- Parable of the Two Debtors;
- Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11-32);
- Unmerciful Slave (Matthew 18:23-35);
- …
- a Parables of Jesus, such as:
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Fable.
- See: Apocrypha, Didacticism, Prose, Verse (Poetry), Fable, Analogy, Canonical Gospels, New Testament, Parables of Jesus.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/parable Retrieved:2020-9-15.
- A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters. A parable is a type of metaphorical analogy. Some scholars of the canonical gospels and the New Testament apply the term "parable" only to the parables of Jesus, though that is not a common restriction of the term. Parables such as "The Prodigal Son" are central to Jesus's teaching-method in the canonical narratives and the apocrypha.