Luke's use of the parable of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:19-31) to construct new social identities
| dc.contributor.advisor | Nel, Marius Johannes | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Van Groeningen, David Ross | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.other | Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Theology. Dept. of Old and New Testament. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-02T09:19:39Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-21T14:30:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-02T09:19:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-21T14:30:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-03-02 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2021. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores Luke’s use of the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man (Luke 16:19-31) to create new social identities. The thesis discusses the socio-economic background to Luke’s day, discussing how one’s ascribed and acquired honour contributed to one’s social identity, as well as how one’s social identity and standing was affected by wealth and how it was used. The thesis goes on to use parallel parables to justify the use of the lens of social identity in such parables. Finally, the thesis goes on in chapters five and six to discuss the important social identity markers to which the parable refers: Moses and the prophets (chapter five) and the figure of Abraham (chapter six). The researcher shows how Luke uses these characters to create new social identities. By acting like those opposed to God’s people, Luke shows that the Rich Man and others like him act according to social identities of those opposed to God’s people (those in line with Moses and the Prophets and specifically Abraham), and so can no longer claim such a social identity or the group entitlements granted to one who holds such an identity. Those considered to have low-status social identities were actually the ones with a high-status social identity: “children of Abraham” – the very identity that the Rich Man believed that he held by virtue of his ascribed honour as a physical Israelite; put simply, there is a reversal of social identities. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen opsomming beskikbaar. | af_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Masters | en_ZA |
| dc.format.extent | 105 pages | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/109897 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Stellenbosch University | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Social identity | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Bible. Luke, XVI: 19-31 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Lazarus and the rich man | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | UCTD | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Luke's use of the parable of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:19-31) to construct new social identities | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |