Hostility to Wealth in the Synoptic GospelsBloomsbury Publishing, 1 sept. 1987 - 250 pagini The argument of this interesting monograph is that hostility to wealth exists independently of socio-economic circumstances as a fundamental religious-ethical tenet consistently expressed in the Synoptic Gospels. Part one offers a critique of the view that economic conditions determined the origin and/or extant form of the relevant texts. Part two considers the ideological background of the Synoptic teaching by tracing the development of the tradition from the earliest written sources to the New Testament era. Five stages locate expressions of hostility to wealth in logical and general chronological sequence. The tradition is shown to have developed primarily among aristocratic, established groups. Part three examines the relevant Synoptic texts. Several important passages in Mark establish the existence of the tradition of hostility to wealth and its primary significance as a way of expressing trust in God. This significance distinguishes the tradition from economic resentment and from sympathy for the economically poor. Matthew shows continuity with Mark, while Luke evinces a fuller expression of the tradition. |
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... Christian Literature. W. Bauer. ET W.F. Arndt and F.W. Gingrich (Chicago, 1957). A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. F. Blass and A. Debrunner. ET R.W. Funk (Chicago, 1960). A Hebrew and English ...
... Christian Literature. W. Bauer. ET W.F. Arndt and F.W. Gingrich (Chicago, 1957). A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. F. Blass and A. Debrunner. ET R.W. Funk (Chicago, 1960). A Hebrew and English ...
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... Christian social constituency states that representatives of the increasingly oppressed lower classes, who were the primary constituency of the first communities, created, altered, and/or preserved the extant material in order to ...
... Christian social constituency states that representatives of the increasingly oppressed lower classes, who were the primary constituency of the first communities, created, altered, and/or preserved the extant material in order to ...
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... Christians in newly found communities', 'the economic crises of AD 48-70', and the situations of Matthew and Luke, who were 'presumably in circumstances different from those of Palestinian Christians between AD 30 and AD 70'. Thus, upon ...
... Christians in newly found communities', 'the economic crises of AD 48-70', and the situations of Matthew and Luke, who were 'presumably in circumstances different from those of Palestinian Christians between AD 30 and AD 70'. Thus, upon ...
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... Christian communities. We will consider these in turn, focusing on the historical data used to support particular aspects of each. Economic Conditions The picture that we are often given of first-century Palestinian economic conditions ...
... Christian communities. We will consider these in turn, focusing on the historical data used to support particular aspects of each. Economic Conditions The picture that we are often given of first-century Palestinian economic conditions ...
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... Christian movement. Taxation In order to assess more carefully the theory of economic crisis and decline, we must consider specific factors cited in its support. One of the most important of these factors is the burden of taxation ...
... Christian movement. Taxation In order to assess more carefully the theory of economic crisis and decline, we must consider specific factors cited in its support. One of the most important of these factors is the burden of taxation ...
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HOSTILITY TO WEALTH IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS | 101 |
Conclusion | 163 |
Notes | 169 |
Bibliography | 229 |
Index of Biblical References | 243 |
Index of Authors | 251 |
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