Negative Space: Jesus
- Satire in the vineyard: The parable of Lolita and the sheep
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Opposite stories in the New Testament are a lot like modern satire. When Nabokov tells the parable of Humbert Humbert, he is telling us that everything in the news is false. When Jesus tells the parable of the lamb, he is telling us that everything the world values is false.
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- Matthew 8
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Matthew, chapter 8: the cleansing of a leper, the healing of a centurion’s servant, the cure of Peter’s mother-in-law, the calming of the storm, and the healing of the Gadarene demoniacs.
