After returning from the dedication of the altar at the cathedral in Albano, Italy, Sunday morning, Pope Benedict spoke about Sunday’s Gospel, the parable of the workers in the vineyard. The Holy ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The figure of Daughter Zion and her relationship to the larger Zion tradition have emerged as important areas of inquiry in recent decades.

The Shepherd of Hermas contains a similitude that is very similar to several Synoptic slave parables (Herm. Sim. 5.2-11). Compared to the Gospel parables, however, the similitude ends on a very ...