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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817816403321

Autore

Schmidt Thomas E.

Titolo

Hostility to wealth in the Synoptic Gospels / / Thomas E. Schmidt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : JSOT Press, , [1987]

©1987

ISBN

1-283-19956-4

9786613199560

0-567-43571-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series, , 0143-5108 ; ; 15

Disciplina

241/.68/09015

Soggetti

Wealth - Biblical teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-242) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. HOSTILITY TO WEALTH AND SOCIOLOGICAL METHOD; Chapter 1; Socio-economic Circumstances in First-Century Palestine; Chapter 2; Socio-economic Circumstances and Sociological Method; Part II. HOSTILITY TO WEALTH AS A DEVELOPING TRADITION; Chapter 3; Ancient Near Eastern Material; Chapter 4; Jewish Canonical Material; Chapter 5; Jewish Non-canonical Material; Part III. HOSTILITY TO WEALTH IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS; Chapter 6; Hostility to Wealth in the Gospel of Mark; Chapter 7; Hostility to Wealth in the Gospel of Matthew; Chapter 8

Hostility to Wealth in the Gospel of LukeConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

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 chronol