Jesus and the economic questions of his day /
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| Language: | English |
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Lewiston, N.Y. :
E. Mellen Press,
1986.
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| Series: | Studies in the Bible and early Christianity ;
v. 8. |
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Table of Contents:
- I. The Economic Context of the Historical Jesus
- 1. The general character of production in first-century Palestine
- land and geographic determinants of production
- organization of labor and labor inputs
- technology and crops
- conclusion
- 2. The general character of economic distribution in the Palestine of Jesus
- the tenure of land
- level of subsistence, taxes, and rent
- level of indebtedness
- conclusion
- II. An Exploration of the Jesus Tradition from an Economic Perspective
- 3. Production and the reign of God in the parables of growth
- exegetical and theological assumptions about the parables of growth
- assumptions about the agricultural imagery and peasant audience of these parables
- conclusion
- 4. The realities of economic distribution and the words of Jesus
- Jesus and the tenure of the land
- debt and release from debt
- wealth and criticism of wealth
- the sharing of economic goods
- conclusion
- 5. The economic dimension in the ministry of Jesus
- Jesus' occupation
- Jesus' social contacts
- Jesus as broker between patron and client
- conclusion
- conclusion: the economic values in the words and ministry of Jesus.