Parable of the Precious Pearl
The parable of the Precious Pearl told by Jesus of Nazareth is only passed down in the Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible through the Gospel according to Matthew ( Mt 13 : 45-46 EU ) and thus belongs to the Matthew special property . A variant of this parable can also be found in the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas in Logion 76.
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Jesus says that the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant who looked for good pearls and finally found a pearl of great value. He then sold everything he had in order to acquire this precious pearl.
interpretation
There are several possible interpretations of the precious pearl. One possibility is to see the pearl as a symbol of Christ.
Furthermore, the pearl is also used as a promise of salvation, as the birth of God in the soul, as a warning to put the kingdom of heaven ahead of the earthly, or, according to Augustine, equates with love for one's brother and for God.
The parable follows directly on from the parable of the treasure in the field and is similar in structure and statement.
Artistic reception
Various artists have rezipiert the parable, including the Italian painter of the Baroque Domenico Fetti , whose painting The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna is seen.
literature
- Joachim Jeremias : The parables of Jesus (= small Vandenhoeck series. Volume 1500). Short edition. 9th edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1984, ISBN 3-525-33498-2
- Luise Schottroff : The parables of Jesus. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2005, ISBN 3-579-05200-4
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The parables of the treasure in the field and of the pearl" Peter Müller, p. 5 ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 63 kB)
- ↑ "The parables of the treasure in the field and of the pearl" Peter Müller, p. 6 ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 63 kB)
- ↑ "The parables of the treasure in the field and of the pearl" Peter Müller, p. 2 ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 63 kB)
- ↑ The painting in the image database of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
