Concluding our unit of Twin Stories and Sibling Rivalries, this episode covers one of the most famous stories of all time--"The Prodigal Son".
Topics Covered:
- The importance of ordering and sequencing in Ancient Narratives
- Jesus' reinterpretation of familiar stories
- How repetition works in wisdom literature
- Connections to Cain and Abel
- Connections to Isaac and Ishmael
- Connections to Jacob and Esau
- Narrative inversion, narrative conversion
- The Father as the main character
- 1 prodigal or 2 prodigals?
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