The Parable of the Samaritan: A Countercultural Proposal

• Autor: Polo Medina, Paola
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.unife.edu.pe:article/2267
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unife.edu.pe/index.php/phainomenon/article/view/2267
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Samaritano, parábola, solidaridad, contracultural, contexto socio cultural, metáfora, historicidad, Jesús de Nazaret.; Samaritan, parable, solidarity, countercultural, sociocutural context, metaphor, historicity, Jesus of Nazareth

This article tries to approach an interpretative reading of the Parable of the Samaritan from the text and the context to deepen it; that is to say, to go beyond a simple reading whose teaching is Christian practice but seen in isolation. It aims to introduce the reader to the text from a Christological perspective. That is, to see in the parable a metaphor of Jesus of Nazareth and his action in favor of the Kingdom of justice that appeals to the God whose entrails are of mercy. And, in this sense - as E. Schweizer says - see how Jesus is the parable of God. Therefore, the parable contains much more than a simple teaching. It expresses the infinite and saving love of God, made in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.