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w ithin that which he i s ca lled to do.' This presupposes

that in fa ct he understands what i s demanded o f him.

But this in sig ht on the part o f Bultmann him self has

remained without any po sitiv e theolo gica l sig n ifica n ce

for him. This i s most lik e ly because of his determined

opposition to the nineteenth century’ s use o f reason to

try to "prove" the truth of their fa ith . This Bornkamm

a lso opposes, but it does not prevent him from seeing

and draining attentio n to Jesu s’ appeal in h is teaching

to "das n atu rlich e Verstehen" o f his hearers. According

to Bultmann, Jesus* appeal was to the w ill o f man;

according to Bornkamm, Jesus* appeal is indeed to the

w ill o f man, but in such a way that he understands the demand, even if that demand be d if fic u lt or even

paradoxical.

This emphasis on understanding becomes clear fir s t o f a ll in Jesus* use o f the parable as a means o f com­ municating h is message o f the Kingdom o f God. The parable was used a lso by the rabbis in explaining the meaning o f a passage o f the Law,

...im m er aber a ls H ilfsm itte l der Lehre und

Instrument der Bxegese ein es a uto ritativ vor-

gege!|en S chriftw ortes. Gerade das aber sind sie in Jesu Mund n icht, so eng s ie sich o ft

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herülir-en uni s-.' frrfm rti : J e v o n '/b orllefer-

tern rrd Vcvt:'r"''tc . Cn’ r.?ucl. ; .3 0!t . Jiar sinâ

die uleicur.isse -Ue Verklinli'/u..- s ; l e st und

nicht nrr einer vo •'. :.Lncn selb ststa n -

digen Lohrc. -Tesn C.1 ci ci: ^“i s se - u/.i . niuht uur die in engcren Jlruïe die von ici ch Gottes - zic le - wi- rl l c Gleichrlsc_ç'*\ o c n i d o s

V 0 r s t h. c ob.

Vin ,>arablGi- utixiric eve.. üc oaCi features o f the

uojlG an . )f the l ife of or linrry nnoolc os they know it .

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Gaily occurrences sue- os thieves brea’ii-n in in the n ight, s ti l l they ore evr'tn nhleh cvoryons xmnerstands

ont ore ak ie n st po ssib le , "Jo r i st es 1. i st die orste

hntwoi t , die jüLiGS ulo ' chnln varie i gt . . . nicht weaige

dildnortc und Gieicunisse Jesu ’'cgi non daran *nit der

stiir:': 1 ochuvn o:i n'; a l l ; Vrolinl.-.orio; o :f on n zupachendsn

Frage *Wer m.tcr ïïuch?’ - ci no dl g1 chnisform, fi’r die

OS bcX'-y cb.. n-cnuGlsc rnh'y '-y cc!:.ni- Ubenl ieferunr nicht 6V .1 : »

•n.

Para llel j y i b t * .^veiy tine the question

no air O'- .nircctiy at tin; ’-eorcr. pr isup])on:. ng no sp ecia l

hr owl edge or ui nty, yrcsn-onosinn only the hearer, the

pcroor... "u: G zvar der t.'cnsch ir car ya'oe ' never s te l lt on

1*3• C. l)rnna: n, JyH, p. 33-

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Tina «nhesehonîgten W îrklîchkeit seiner Welt, die wedar nach froiamen MaAstahan zurechtgerückt noch auch a lt raorallscher Sntriistung baklagt wlrd. So wlrd dar

ilbrenda dort bah aftet, wo er wirklich 1st , und Im

hochstan Ma8e an sain V e r s t a h a n a p p e lller t" .

And it Is Into this form o f the re a lity fam iliar to every

man, that Jasus puts the not at a ll so fam iliar re a lity

o f the presanca o f the Kingdom o f God. Thus I t holds

true for his teaching what Is true for his whola l ife ,

which was an avant " i n dioser Zait und Walt urid doch zugleich s in Geschahen, das dlesar Zalt und Welt Bnde und Granae setat" .^ I f than Jesus' massage was not

"understood", that i s accepted and liv e d o u t. I t was