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Lecture by Dr. Daniel Ayuch
Family in the New Testament
Its Role in the Gospel Narratives
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- NEWS - Lecture by Dr. Daniel AyuchFamily in the New Testament
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On
Thursday,
April
14,
2005,
Dr.
Daniel Ayuch,
Professor
of
Bibl
ical
Exegesis
at
the
Institute
of
Theology,
made
a
presentation
on
“Family
in
the
New
Testament”
as
part
of
a
series
of
public
lectures
on
Family
and
Pastoral
Care
organized
by
the Master
of
Theology
Program
for
this
academic
year
2004-2005
(see
full
program
here).
In the first part of the conference, Dr. Ayuch focused on the family fundaments as given by Jesus in his speech in Matthew 19:1-15. Marriage should be based on love and mutual tolerance. Children should be educated according to the teachings of the Lord. Dr. Ayuch has exposed how this text has been interpreted and sometimes misinterpreted throughout the Church History in East and West.
In
the
second
part
of
the
session,
three
narrative
texts
were
analyzed
to
show
how
the
action
of
the
Lord
was
able
to
change
and
did
change
the
course
of
life
to
different
suffering
families:
The
healing
of
a
centurio
n’s
servant
(Lk
7:1-10),
the
raising
of
the
widow’s
son
at
Nain
(Lk
7:11-17),
and
the
cure
of
Simon’s
mother-in-law
(Mk
1:29-31).
Finally
the
figure
of
the
loving
and
merciful
Father
was
epitomized
as
a
mimesis
prototype
for
the
modern
parents
(Lk
15:11-32).
Dr. Ayuch concluded his conference proposing two practical ways of interpretation that could offer an answer to the family crisis in modernity.