LEADER 03115nam 22005415 450 001 9910157410603321 005 20230126214932.0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300225143 035 $a(CKB)3710000000984174 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4773630 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001661672 035 $a(DE-B1597)485901 035 $a(OCoLC)967255234 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300225143 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000984174 100 $a20190920d2017 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSpiritual economy $egift exchange in the letters of Paul of Tarsus /$fThomas R. Blanton, IV 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (227 pages) 225 0 $aSynkrisis 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 08$a0-300-22040-5 311 08$a0-300-22514-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tOne Introduction --$tTwo Symbolic Goods as Media of Exchange in Paul's Gift Economy --$tThree The Benefactor's Account Book: The Rhetoric of Gift Reciprocation According to Seneca and Paul --$tFour Gift or Commodity? On the Classification of Paul's Unremunerated Labor --$tFive Classification and Social Relations: The Dark Side of the Gift --$tSix The Gift of Status --$tSeven Spiritual Gifts and Status Inversion --$tEight Summary and Conclusions --$tAppendix: Letters and Events Significantly Shaping Paul's Relations with the Corinthian Assembly: A Relative Chronology --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex of Subjects --$tIndex of Modern Authors --$tIndex of Biblical and Early Jewish Sources --$tIndex of Greek and Roman Sources 330 $aThomas Blanton sheds light on the philosophy surrounding gift giving in Paul's letters and on modern theories of gift exchange through the lens of religion. The exchange of gifts is a fundamental part of society and a foundational element in Greco-Roman religions. Combining theories of gift exchange, both modern and Greco-Roman, Thomas Blanton reveals how religious discourse-in the guise of "spiritual gifts" believed to come from Israel's god-is instrumental in the formation of sociopolitical hierarchies and the assignment of honor and prestige. Blanton uses an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates religion, classics, sociology, and anthropology to investigate the economy of gift exchange shown in Paul's letters. 410 0$aSynkrisis. 606 $aGifts$xReligious aspects 606 $aGifts$xSocial aspects 606 $aGifts$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aGifts$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aGifts$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aGifts$xEconomic aspects. 676 $a225.92 700 $aBlanton$b Thomas R.$cIV,$01216126 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 801 2$bCaOLH 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157410603321 996 $aSpiritual economy$92810415 997 $aUNINA