Download or read book A Historic-Critical and Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables of the Kingdom written by Melissa Lynch and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the accompanying text book for the Parables of the Kingdom curricular unit for Language Arts. The New Testament Parables are approached from a historic-critical and literary-cultural lens which analyzes history, geography, economic distribution and feudal systems; as well as literary techniques and narrative story mapping. It also includes a chapter on Roman Catholic social justice extensions of the parable teachings. Student work studies include: vocabulary; comprehension, summary and discussion questions; and group activities.