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
... historical 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 ...
... historical 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 ...
Pagina 12
... historical background of the tradition. It must be emphasized that the two approaches are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Both intend to offer a more thorough understanding of the Synoptic teaching, and both can be employed as means ...
... historical background of the tradition. It must be emphasized that the two approaches are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Both intend to offer a more thorough understanding of the Synoptic teaching, and both can be employed as means ...
Pagina 17
... historical research and exegesis. Some essential questions are these: Have these authors read the historical evidence correctly? Have they employed a defensible method? Have they paid adequate attention to literary background? Have they ...
... historical research and exegesis. Some essential questions are these: Have these authors read the historical evidence correctly? Have they employed a defensible method? Have they paid adequate attention to literary background? Have they ...
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... historical data used to support particular aspects of each. Economic Conditions The picture that we are often given of first-century Palestinian economic conditions is a bleak one. We are told that there was widespread oppression of 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 is a bleak one. We are told that there was widespread oppression of the ...
Pagina 20
... historical perspective upon a limited period. We should not expect these people to have formed their values on the basis of a comparison of their own economic lot to that of preceding generations. Surely the day's own trouble was ...
... historical perspective upon a limited period. We should not expect these people to have formed their values on the basis of a comparison of their own economic lot to that of preceding generations. Surely the day's own trouble was ...
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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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