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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Pagina 11
... context, and where gaps still appear, a model is posited for which additional material can be supplied from contemporary phenomena whose particulars provide analogies to the New Testament period. This approach, which has gained almost ...
... context, and where gaps still appear, a model is posited for which additional material can be supplied from contemporary phenomena whose particulars provide analogies to the New Testament period. This approach, which has gained almost ...
Pagina 12
... context the arguments of previous important works will be reviewed, and several new arguments will be advanced. But more importantly, the tradition itself will be put forward as the culmination of a logical development in semitic ...
... context the arguments of previous important works will be reviewed, and several new arguments will be advanced. But more importantly, the tradition itself will be put forward as the culmination of a logical development in semitic ...
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... context. The abbreviation HW will be employed to indicate this negative orientation; conversely, the abbreviation WW (valuation of wealth) will indicate the opposite, positive orientation. Wealth. As a social category, wealth is simply ...
... context. The abbreviation HW will be employed to indicate this negative orientation; conversely, the abbreviation WW (valuation of wealth) will indicate the opposite, positive orientation. Wealth. As a social category, wealth is simply ...
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... context (Mark 13.2, 8) clearly describes the war.” Thus Theissen is mistaken in applying the passage to the entire period as signs of the present'.” We are left with one disaster: the Jerusalem famine. Jeremias, who gives the fullest ...
... context (Mark 13.2, 8) clearly describes the war.” Thus Theissen is mistaken in applying the passage to the entire period as signs of the present'.” We are left with one disaster: the Jerusalem famine. Jeremias, who gives the fullest ...
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... contexts. But this kind of cause specification may be criticized as too confining. Sociologist-theologians commonly bring all energies to bear on the phenomenon of HW as an almost immediate response to a particular situation. Thus, for ...
... contexts. But this kind of cause specification may be criticized as too confining. Sociologist-theologians commonly bring all energies to bear on the phenomenon of HW as an almost immediate response to a particular situation. Thus, for ...
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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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