Parable: General

Question 1

Parable meaning:

Answer 1

In Greek, ‘parabola’ means ‘to put something alongside something else’. A comparison. or analogy.

Question 2

C H Dodd defined parable as:

Answer 2

“a metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life, arresting he hearer by its vividness or strangeness, and leaving the mind in sufficient doubt about its precise application to tease into action.”

Question 3

Parable or allegory?

Answer 3

For centuries, the usual way of understanding these story parables was to think of them as ‘allegories’.

An allegory is a detailed account of one subject, written in such a way that it appears to be about something altogether different.