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  • 5 - The Rich Fool (Lk 12:15–21)

  • Calum Carmichael, Cornell University, New York
  • Book:
    Luke's Unique Parables
    Published online:
    28 February 2025
    Print publication:
    06 March 2025, pp 57-64

  • Summary

    The Rich Fool parable entails an implicit contrast between Joseph’s splendid public handling of the grain from superabundant harvests in Egypt and a private individual’s management of his abundance of stored crops. Condemned in the parable, the rich man’s focus on his own prosperity stands in sharp contrast to Joseph’s magnanimous contribution to the wider public’s welfare and the well-being of his own family.