Updates of Parable Documentation

1: Read - Note every detail, look up vague or unknown words.
Landowner owns a large vineyard.
He went to the market every hour looking for laborers.
He would pay them one denarius, he had said that to those on the first hour.
At the third hour he told the workers that he shall give them whatever was right.
During the 11th hour he just told them to go, did not mention any money.
The workers from the first hour thought they were going to get more than those whom had just came from the 11^th hour and on.
The landowner told his steward to pay the laborers their wages, from last to 1st.
The steward knew to give all laborers the same amount of denarius.
The laborers were complaining about the fact that they worked for a longer time, but those whom worked less received the same amount as them.
Landowner instructs them to take what is theirs and go.
He implies to the day laborers that he is already being generous, because he is giving them an opportunity and a chance to get some source of income.
"The last shall be first, and the first shall be last."

2: Historical Context - Research the time period- politics, economy, and society.
Massive amount of unemployment- states kept on expanding, kicking off those with less money- making them "expendables"(life span was 5-7 years) - shown by how many laborers are just hanging out at the market every time landowner goes.
One denarius-
Landowners usually stayed out of affairs.

3: General Context - Who is the audience? Who is it directed to/ about? Read passage before for greater understanding.
The audience was most likely to be those whom can do something about the corruption of the elite towards those with less.
Jesus designs confrontation between two groups that in reality would not confront. He expands the truth in order to show the truth.

4: Character Analysis - Explain their motives/ ask questions. The character’s Role in society or parable.
Landowner - wealth, power and authority to establish "what is right," has land that produces luxury items that would be too expensive for daily laborers to consume.
Q: Why does he bargain earlier rather than at night when he just sends them to work?
A:
Q: Why does he pay them from last to first, rather than first to last?
A: He
Q:Why does he pay all the same amount?
A:This is an act of humiliation towards the landowners and
Laborers- poor, underclass, unemployed
Q: Why do the laborers complain?
A: They have been ashamed and do not feel as if they have been treated as they should have.

5: Anomalies - Unanswered cracks in story, ask questions about why things are as they are.
Why does the landowner only address one of the workers?

6: Conflict - What is causing controversy?
The parable is revolving around the issue of exploitation and misuse of power, the parable address the fact that the owner does something that goes against what society says to do.

7: Formulate a question - that answers the parable/opens up new doors.
How is this like the Kingdom of Heaven?

8: Connection - to current events.

9: Solution - What can we do? What should we do?

Personally for me, I did not get anything from the journal, it just contradicted what Hertzog had said and it just gave the same details as my group and I had focused on it class as we answered our questions on Tuesday.