Herzog

Homework: Using your notes from the articles provided in class, update your Herzog/Interpretation DP that you started in class on Tuesday/Wednesday. Use a different colored font in this DP so I can see that you've added to and edited your work.

Herzog questions the prior interpretations of the parable. Many allogorize the master as being God due to his authority and station of power. But Herzog denies this simile because in the parable of the talents, the master exploits his neighbors for personal gain. Herzog also explains the context of the time in the parable. During this time, if a man went on a long journey, then this would mean he is wealthy. Herzog also explains that the man was not testing his servants because a talent is too much money to risk, therefore the servants already proved to be trustworthy. The master gained his wealth and the servants gained his trust in the same way, Herzog explains: as the third servant tells the master exploits others and takes what is not his-the servants-his 'inner circle" did the same thing. By emulating the master, they gained his trust. This leaves the final actions of the third servant confusing. Because he already exploited others to gain the rank of the master's inner circle-he must have had a change of heart, realizing that exploitation is wrong. Herzog also explains the expectation of the master, when he left money for the servants it was expected to be given back in full. Herzog also explains that when burying money this means that the third servant wasn't responsible if it got stolen. The consequences for the third servant was banishment, and he knowingly accepted it-removing himself from the cycle of injustice and exploitation.