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The tenants in the vineyard (GThom 65/Mark 12:1-12): A realistic and socialscientific reading
Abstract
Kloppenborg's reading of the parable of the tenants (Mk 12:1- 12/GThom 65) can be regarded as the first thoroughgoing realistic interpretation of the Tenants. By using extensive literary evidence on viticulture from 300 BCE to 300 CE, Kloppenborg argues that
GThom 65 most probably comes closest to the original form of the parable, calling into question important values of first-century Mediterranean culture. Following a summary of Kloppenborg's reading of the parable of the tenants, the second part of the article
focuses on a social-scientific reading of GThom 65 through the lens of patronage and clientism and that of honor and shame. Finally, the conclusions reached by the social-scientific reading are compared with Kloppenborg's realistic reading thereof.
HTS Theological Studies Vol. 63 (3) 2007: pp. 909-936
