Sunday, September 14, 2014

Final Exams in Synoptics 1: Puncta Pro Examinatione


Final Exams in Synoptics 1 (Flores)
Puncta Pro Examinatione
Date: October 7, 2014

Format:
Part 1. Short Answers
Part 2. Essay/Exegesis Questions

Coverage:
1. The Synoptic Problem
2. The Cultural Values in Jesus’ World
3. The Pharisees during the First Century C.E.
4. GP 1-14
5. The Genre of Miracle
6. The Parables of Jesus (Flores notes)
7. The Sermon on the Mount
8. GP 69 (c/o Group 1)
9. GP 49 (c/o Group 2)
10. GP 89 (c/o Group 3)
11. GP 122 (c/o Group 4)
12. GP 124 (c/o Group 5)
13. GP 139 (c/o Group 6)
14. GP 112 (c/o Group 7)
15. GP 120 (c/o Group 8)

Monday, September 8, 2014

Parables of Jesus

Classic definition of a parable (by C. H. Dodd): "At its simplest a parable is a metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life arresting the hearer by its vividness or strangeness,  and leaving the mind in suffcient doubt about its application to tease it into active thought" (C. H. Dodd, The Parables of the Kingdom, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961, p. 5).

More on the genre of parable, click here.

Links to my homilies/commentaries on Parables
1) Parable of "Lost and Found" (Luke 15:1-32)
2) Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30)
3) Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15)
4) Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16)
5) Parable of the Wily Steward (Luke 16)
6) Parable of the Fig Tree (Luke 13)

The Genre of Miracles

http://synoptics1.blogspot.com/2010/07/miracle-genre.html

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Fr. Randy is the current Parish Priest and Rector of the Sacred Heart Parish Shrine in Quezon City, Philippines. He is also the Director of the Biblical Apostolate of the Diocese of Cubao and the coordinator for the Biblical Apostolate of the SVD Philippine Central Province. He teaches Biblical courses at the Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay City. He holds a doctorate from the Ateneo de Manila University (PhD, 2015) and from the Loyola School of Theology (STD, 2014); Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (SSL, 1999) from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome); an M.A. in Pastoral Ministry from the Divine Word Seminary  (1995). He served as president of the Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines (CBAP), chairperson of the Tagaytay Religious Association (TRA), Dean of Studies (Divine Word Seminary), and editor of the academic journal  Diwa: Studies in Philosophy and Theology. He founded the Certificate in Theological Studies (CTS) at the Divine Word Seminary and the SVD Tagaytay Alternative Learning System (SVD-ALS), an educational program for the out-of-school youth. Visit also his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/biblicalapostolateph