Parables as Subversive Speech Quotes

“The parables of Jesus have long been revered as earthly stories with heavenly meanings. They have been viewed in this way because Jesus was thought to be a teacher of spiritual truth and divine wisdom. However, this view of Jesus stands in some tension with the account of his final trial and execution. If Jesus was a teacher of heavenly truths dispensed through literary gems called parables, it is difficult to understand how he could have been executed as a political subversive and crucified between two social bandits. It appears that Jerusalem elites collaborating with their Roman overlords executed Jesus because he was a threat to their economic and political interests. Unless they perceived him to be a threat, they would not have publicly degraded and humiliated him before executing him in as ignominious a way as possible.”
― William R. Herzog II, Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the Oppressed

“Education is not neutral; it is political to the core.”
― William R. Herzog II, Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the Oppressed

“…prominence and deviance are two ways of standing apart from society’s norms.”
― William R. Herzog II, Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the Oppressed