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Parable

A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters.

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Parables of Jesus

Quranic parables

Other figures of speech

Examples

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Parable

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples77
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
Components1

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related to history · 26
Parable → Anthony, CE, Examples, Good Samaritan, Gospels, Hebrew, Idries Shah, In Sufi, Islam, Jesus, John, Mashalim, Meier, Mello, Nathan, New Testament, Old Testament, Parables, Prodigal Son, Recent
related to Examples · 15
Parable → Abuzei, Akhfash's, Fables, FatherThe FarmerChild, FatherThe Master, Greek, Hasidic, His DogThe King, Ignacy Krasicki, LameSon, Parables, Persian, ScribesThe DrunkardThe Rooster Prince, Stanley Parable, TairThe Blind Man
related to Parables of Jesus · 11
Parable → Adolf Jülicher, Bible, Bildhälfte, But, For, Gnostics, Jesus, Jülicher, Mark, Medieval, Sachhälfte
is a · 5
Parable → metaphor that has been extended to form a brief, presence of a subtext suggesting how a person should behave or what he should believe, short tale that illustrates a universal truth, succinct, type of metaphorical analogy.Some scholars of the canonical gospels and the New Testament apply the term
related to Quranic parables · 5
Parable → Q14, Q16, Quran, The Quran's Q39, The Quranic
related to Etymology · 3
Parable → Greek, It, The
related to External links · 3
Parable → Jewish Encyclopedia, ParableCatholic Encyclopedia, ParableSpiritual ParablesSecular Parables
related to Other figures of speech · 3
Parable → However, It, The
related to Characteristics · 2
Parable → Although, It

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parables jesus narrative also allegory metaphor jesus' may metaphorical meaning often secret scholars testament although simile gospels analogy form include

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Parableis asuccinct0.90text
Parableis atype of metaphorical analogy.Some scholars of the canonical gospels and the New Testament apply the term0.90text
Parableis ashort tale that illustrates a universal truth0.90text
Parableis apresence of a subtext suggesting how a person should behave or what he should believe0.90text
Parableis ametaphor that has been extended to form a brief0.90text
Idries Shahinstance ofRecent authors0.80text
Anthony de Mello have helped popularize these stories beyond Sufi circles.Modern parables also existinstance ofRecent authors0.80text
metaphorinstance ofOther figures of speechThe parable is related to figures of speech0.80text
simileinstance ofOther figures of speechThe parable is related to figures of speech0.80text
Parablerelated to CharacteristicsIt0.60section
Parablerelated to CharacteristicsAlthough0.60section
Parablerelated to EtymologyThe0.60section

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