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Jesus as a Wisdom Teacher: Aphorisms, Parables, and the Narrow Way - Prof. Stephen C. Bics, Study notes of World Religions

Jesus as a wisdom teacher, focusing on his use of aphorisms and parables to invite listeners to see reality and live their lives in a new way. It contrasts conventional wisdom with the alternative wisdom of jesus, inviting a transformation from a life centered on cultural norms to a deeper relationship with the spirit of god.

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2010/2011

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JESUS AND WISDOM
JESUS WAS A TEACHER OF
WISDOM -- A SAGE
WISDOM CONCERNS HOW TO LIVE
IT SPEAKS OF THE NATURE OF
REALITY AND HOW TO LIVE ONE’S
LIFE ACCORDING TO REALITY.
TWO WAYS: WISE WAY & FOOLISH
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JESUS AND WISDOM

• JESUS WAS A TEACHER OF

WISDOM -- A SAGE

• WISDOM CONCERNS HOW TO LIVE

• IT SPEAKS OF THE NATURE OF

REALITY AND HOW TO LIVE ONE’S

LIFE ACCORDING TO REALITY.

• TWO WAYS: WISE WAY & FOOLISH

TYPES OF WISDOM

• MOST COMMON TYPE OF WISDOM

IS CONVENTIONAL WISDOM. THIS

IS TAUGHT BY CONVENTIONAL

SAGES.

• THIS WISDOM IS WHAT

EVERYBODY KNOWS. A CULTURE’S

UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT IS

REAL AND HOW TO LIVE.

THE HOW OF JESUS’

WISDOM TEACHING

  • (^) JESUS USED APHORISMS AND PARABLES.
  • (^) APHORISMS ARE SHORT, MEMORIAL SAYINGS, GREAT ONE LINERS.LIKE “YOU CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS.” YOU CANNOT GET GRAPES FROM A THORN BUSH.”
  • (^) PARABLES ARE SHORT STORIES.

THE HOW OF JESUS’

WISDOM TEACHING

  • (^) LIKE THE PRODIGAL SON AND THE GOOD SAMARITAN
  • (^) BOTH ARE INVITATIONAL FORMS OF SPEECH.
  • (^) AS EVOCATIVE FORMS OF SPEECH, THEY TEASE THE IMAGINATION INTO ACTIVITY, SUGGEST MORE THAN THEY SAY, & INVITE A TRANFORMATION.

THE HOW OF JESUS’

WISDOM TEACHING

• AS A WISDOM TEACHER, JESUS

WAS NOT PRIMARILY A TEACHER

OF INFORMATION (WHAT TO

BELIEVE) OR MORALS (HOW TO

BEHAVE), BUT A TEACHER OF A

WAY OF TRANFORMATION. A

TRANSFORMATION FROM

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM TO GOD.

THE PROBLEM:

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM

  • (^) CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IS THE DOMINANT CONSCIOUSNESS OF ANY CULTURE.
  • (^) IT IS THE WAY THINGS ARE: ITS IMAGE OF REALITY.
  • (^) IT IS THE WAY TO LIVE:ITS ETHOS, OR WAY OF LIFE.
  • (^) IT IS WHAT EVERYBODY KNOWS

CONTINUED

  • (^) THIS IS A DEEPING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
  • (^) WHAT IS NEEDED IS A NEW HEART – AN INTERNAL TRANFORMATION BROUGHT ABOUT BY A DEEP CENTERING IN GOD. THIS IS THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT.

CONTINUED

• IT PLACES ONE ON THE PATH OF

EMPTYING, A REBIRTH, A

RESURRECTION TO LIFE CENTERED

ON GOD.

• THIS IS FOREIGN TO

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WITH ITS

VALUES OF ACHIEVEMENT,

AFFLUENCE & APPEARANCE.