RT Article
T1 Difficult texts: using dishonesty to enter heaven in Luke 16.9
JF Theology
VO 126
IS 3
SP 201
OP 204
A1 James, Rob
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1844935868
AB In Luke 16.9, Jesus instructs his followers to make use of ‘dishonest’ or ‘unrighteous’ wealth. The problem for biblical interpreters is that Jesus appears to order his followers to be unrighteous in this regard. However, this is to misunderstand what Luke is doing with the word ‘unrighteous’. He does not use this word to qualify some particular wealth, but to emphasize that all wealth is unrighteous and therefore needs to be spent wisely and quicky to do good in the world. Holding onto it is bad for the soul.
K1 Richard Hiers
K1 Philip Goodchild
K1 parable of the dishonest steward
K1 Luke 16.9
K1 difficult text
K1 Bultmann
K1 Bruce Malina
DO 10.1177/0040571X231171283