Hostility to wealth in the Synoptic Gospels

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

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 a...

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Main Author: Schmidt, Thomas E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, ©1987.
Series:Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 15.
Subjects:
Bible. > Gospels > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Gospels
Bibel > Synoptische Evangelien
Bibel > Evangelien
Wealth > Biblical teaching.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ethics.
Wealth > Biblical teaching
Reichtum
Kritik
Synoptische evangeliën.
Rijkdom.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (250 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and indexes.
ISBN:9780567435712
0567435717
ISSN:0143-5108 ;
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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