Abstract
ABSTRACTScholars usually understand parables as stories about the everyday life in Roman- Palestine. The parables' perceived realistic setting served as an invitation to the listeners to engage with the story. However, despite the emphasis on realism, slavery in the parables has been neglected among scholars. They have overlooked the institutions of slavery in the Greco-Roman world; they have failed to confront its oppressive ideology; or erased the presence of slaves through translation. This article argues that slavery was a part of Jesus' social and cultural reality, as such it is necessary to investigate and challenge the implied ideology of slavery in the parables. This concern is more about ethical interpretations and less about interpreting the parables as moral stories.
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