What is a good way to find literary parallels in the Gospel of Luke?
Are you thinking of something like this? Jeffrey, David L. A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 1992.
I am not sure exactly what you may be looking for, but this may be of help: Deppe, Dean B. All Roads Lead to the Text: Eight Methods of Inquiry into the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011.
Define what "Parallelism" is then read Luke.
As an example my take on what Parallelism means https://www.supersummary.com/parallelism-in-literature-definition-examples/
[quote] par•al•lel•ism \ˈpa-rə-ˌle-ˌli-zəm, -lə-ˌli-\ noun1610 1: the quality or state of being parallel 2: RESEMBLANCE, CORRESPONDENCE3: repeated syntactical similarities introduced for rhetorical effect 4: a theory that mind and matter accompany one another but are not causally related 5: the independent development of a similar trait in related species or lineages following divergence from a common ancestor
Inc Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. (Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2003).
I thought for a bit then recalled...
Luke 13:18–21 (NIV84)
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The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air perched in its branches.” 20 Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? 21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough.”
Once again, is the term "literary parallel" being used as a technical term with a specific meaning? Seeing as your question is probably driven by external motivation (homework), what your prof means by "literary parallel" holds a lot of sway. What (s)he thinks it means determines what you need to be ferreting out. I can think of at least 3-4 different ways of interpreting "literary parallels", each of which elicits a different answer set.
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