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 12
... important constituent of any treatment. This possibility has all too often been overlooked by writers who devote their energies exclusively to one book or source, and assumed as a certainty by writers who characterize a book or source ...
... important constituent of any treatment. This possibility has all too often been overlooked by writers who devote their energies exclusively to one book or source, and assumed as a certainty by writers who characterize a book or source ...
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... important, since this allows a longer gestation period' for the development of the tradition. Determination of a beginning point of inquiry is less certain, because stories and sayings adopted by Jesus and/or the early community reflect ...
... important, since this allows a longer gestation period' for the development of the tradition. Determination of a beginning point of inquiry is less certain, because stories and sayings adopted by Jesus and/or the early community reflect ...
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... important of these factors is the burden of taxation. Grant gives the estimate that the total taxation of the Jewish people in the time of Jesus, civil and religious combined, must have approximated the intolerable proportion of between ...
... important of these factors is the burden of taxation. Grant gives the estimate that the total taxation of the Jewish people in the time of Jesus, civil and religious combined, must have approximated the intolerable proportion of between ...
Pagina 27
... important products. However beneficial or detrimental the economic system was to the general population, then, we must regard with skepticism the ambiguous claim that a problem was large or growing'. Indeed, the modern notion of the ...
... important products. However beneficial or detrimental the economic system was to the general population, then, we must regard with skepticism the ambiguous claim that a problem was large or growing'. Indeed, the modern notion of the ...
Pagina 35
... important differences and limit our comparison to certain specific aspects of response (e.g. promise of reversal, abandonment of goods) or to very general conditions (e.g. concern about the meaning of money) can we find parallels. When ...
... important differences and limit our comparison to certain specific aspects of response (e.g. promise of reversal, abandonment of goods) or to very general conditions (e.g. concern about the meaning of money) can we find parallels. When ...
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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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