The theme of the parables of the Lost Sheep and Lost Coin continue in the parable of the Lost Son, though now we have a longer, more personal story with three main characters. In this parable, the younger of two sons becomes unsettled with life on the family estate and requests his share of the inheritance, only to squander it recklessly in a foreign land. Upon his return home he is welcomed an...

THERE is little question that the parable of the unjust steward in Luke 16:1-13 is one of the most difficult of all Jesus' parables to interpret. In this pericope a steward seems to be commended for dishonest behavior and made an example for Jesus' disciples. As one of the most influential interpreters of the parable has said, "Much as commentators disagree as to the meaning of the parable of t...

It has been suggested by some recent exegetes that Matthew 22:14 may well have been a typical remark made by our Lord to bring to a conclusion any of the parables dealing with the messianic kingdom; that its position at the end of the Parable of the Wedding Feast may have been owing to the Evangelist himself. Be that as it may, we still have the difficulty of ex­ plaining the verse in some cont...

Three aspects of visual object location were investigated: (1) how the visual system integrates information for locating objects, (2) how attention operates to affect location perception, and (3) how the visual system deals with locating an object when multiple objects are present. The theories were described in terms of a parable (the X-Files parable). Then, computer simulations were developed...

The complexity of computer applications and systems continues to grow at an exponential rate. In a very short period of time, we have evolved from single applications addressing a specific functionality or set of requirements on a dedicated mainframe to an integrated set of applications representing an enterprise e-business that are able to sense and respond to fluctuating market conditions and...

Tolkappiyam, which is an ancient grammar book of Tamil, not only a book, but it also has the nature presenting theory poetics and can present poetry in detail. The mainly described Thinai literary tradition, tradition as theory, effectively documented heritage i.e., by describing poetic how Agatthinai-Puratthinai literature, are components should be fabricated. In this way, word "Parable" recei...