Restricted generosity in the New Testament
Cover -- Titel -- Preface -- Table of Content -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Restricted Generosity in the New Testament in its Academic Context -- 1.1. The development of New Testament ethics -- 1.2. Wealth ethics in New Testament ethics -- 1.3. New Testament wealth ethics -- 1.3.1. &#...
| Résumé: | Cover -- Titel -- Preface -- Table of Content -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Restricted Generosity in the New Testament in its Academic Context -- 1.1. The development of New Testament ethics -- 1.2. Wealth ethics in New Testament ethics -- 1.3. New Testament wealth ethics -- 1.3.1. 'Ethic' or 'ethics' of the New Testament -- 1.3.2. The appropriate object of study: the ethics of the texts and the ethos of the community -- 1.3.3. Ruben Zimmermann's "implicit ethics" -- 1.4. The argument and contributions of this study -- Part I: Restricted Generosity in Comparable First-Century Social Structures -- 2. An Introduction to Comparable Social Structures -- 2.1. Which social structures should the early church be compared with? -- 2.1.1. Why not the philosophical schools and the mystery religions? -- 3. Restricted Generosity in the Roman Household -- 3.1. The early church and the oikos -- 3.2. The oikos and generosity in early Hellenistic literature -- 3.3. Restricted generosity in the Roman oikos -- 3.3.1. Pietas in the Roman oikos -- 3.3.2. Restrictions on generosity in the Roman family -- 3.3.3. Excursus - the relevance of the law to the first Christians -- 3.3.4. Summary -- 3.3.5. Qualifying considerations: the Roman family in the wider empire -- 3.3.6. Qualifying considerations: the Roman family and Jewish families -- 4. Restricted Generosity in Greco-Roman Associations -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.1.1. Definition -- 4.1.2. The validity of using associations as a comparative model -- 4.1.3. What groups are included in 'associations'? -- 4.1.4. Jewish groups -- 4.1.5. Evidence -- 4.2. Association finances - an overview -- 4.2.1. Sources of income -- 4.2.2. Uses of money -- 4.3. Restrictions on use of money -- 4.3.1. The wishes of a benefactor -- 4.3.2. Breaking association rules -- 4.3.3. The solvency of an association. |
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| ISBN: | 3161564758 |