The Parables of Judgment

by Robert Farrar Capon

Book Overview

Capon demonstrates how Jesus' message of diving judgment, in contrast to the notions of both his enemies and his friends, is always presented against the backdrop of grace. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080283650X
• ISBN13: 9780802836502
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Grace and mystery

Capon uses the parables of judgment as a basis for his exegesis about the mysterious working of God in this world and in its history. This book is part of his trilogy over the parables and as such one expects to find many of the same ideas articulated in this book that are in the other two. This expectation is fulfilled and amplified in this work. In reading the other two books, I remember thinking to myself, "Well, you have a point, but what about the parable about so and so?" In this work, those so and so parables that were my wall of defense to Capon's arguments became transformed into his coup de grace. This work is not one to be read -- it is to be ingested and thoughtfully considered. One cannot assume that reading a work like this leaves one unchanged. I can honestly say that Capon's work with the parables of judgment has helped me see that there is not a Marcionic dichotomy between YHWH and the Abba of Christ Jesus.