Pedagogy of the other: an instrument of Jesus to awaken his discipleship

Abstract

The present research provides the reader with an exegetic-theological study of the gospel according to Luke 10: 25-37, a passage in which a dialogue of Jesus is told with an interpreter of the law. What is noticed is that there are many studies that consider so much the parable itself and ignore the theological dialogue present in the text. This research seeks to deepen the narrative resource of questions and answers, used by Luke, to indicate it as a pedagogical instrument of Jesus in order to awaken His discipleship. The pericope is structured by two questions of the interpreter of the law: "Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" (Διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσας ὴωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω;) (v.25) and "And who is my neighbor?" (Καὶ τίς ἐστίν μου πλησίον;) (v.29); three questions asked by Jesus: "What is written in the Law? What is your reading of it? "(V.26b) and “Which of these three, do you think, proved himself a neighbor to the man who fell into the bandits' hands?" (V. 36) (Τίς τούτων τῶν τριῶν πλησίον δοκεῖ σοι γεγονέναι τοἐ ἐμπεσόντος εἰς τοὺς λῃστάς) (v.36); two answers from the interpreter of the law (vv.27,36); and a parabolic discourse (vv.30-35). The applied methodology is of bibliographic character in an interdisciplinary perspective, in order to foment the research in the field of Biblical Theology, from the contribution of the pedagogy in the religious teaching. It is hoped, therefore, to contribute to the debate on the church and biblical teaching for a new century.