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- Title
Voluntary Debt Remission and the Parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16:1-13).
- Authors
Goodrich, John K.
- Abstract
The parable of the unjust steward is widely considered the most puzzling of Jesus' teachings. Although a seemingly endless string of interpretations continues to appear in print, no single reading has convinced the current scholarly majority.1 To be sure, a number of studies in recent decades have offered new and important interpretive insights into the parable, and as a result the number of issues remaining in dispute appears to be on the decline.2 But, despite these general agreements, the climax of the story remains highly contested among interpreters; Luke 16:8 is even considered by some to be 'perhaps the most difficult verse in the entire Gospel.'3 In this article I will not attempt to resolve definitively every debated part of the parable. I will focus, however, on its trickiest feature and that which is in most need of resolution, that is, how the steward can be commended in v. 8 for reducing the debts owed to his master.
- Subjects
PARABLES; TEACHINGS of Jesus Christ; APOCRYPHAL Gospels; PUNISHMENT; LANDOWNERS
- Publication
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2012, Vol 131, Issue 3, p547
- ISSN
0021-9231
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/23488254