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- Description
- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 437 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- The social context of Paul's mission and congregations has been the study of intense investigation for decades, but only in recent years have questions of economic realities and the relationship between rich and poor come to the forefront. In Paul and Economics, leading scholars address a variety of topics in contemporary discussion, including an overview of the Roman economy; the economic profile of Paul and of his communities, and stratification within them; architectural considerations regarding where they met; food and drink, idol meat, and the Lord's Supper; material conditions of urban poverty; patronage; slavery; travel; gender and status; the collection for Jerusalem; and the role of Marxist theory and the question of political economy in Paul scholarship--
- Uniform Title
- Paul and economics (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction / Raymond Pickett -- The Roman economy in the early empire: an overview / David B. Hollander -- Urban poverty in the Roman empire: material conditions / Jinyu Liu -- Economic profiling of early Christian communities / Timothy A. Brookins -- Paul's Shift in economic "location" in the locations of the Roman imperial economy / Richard A. Horsley -- Architecture: where did Pauline communities meet? / Annette Weissenrieder -- Paul and slavery: economic perspectives / Ulrike Roth -- Economic location of benefactors in Pauline communities / Zeba A. Crook -- Food and drink in the Greco-Roman world and in the Pauline communities / John T. Fitzgerald -- Socioeconomic stratification and the Lord's Supper (1 Cor 11:17-34) / Neil Elliott -- The economic functions of gift exchange in Pauline assemblies / Thomas R. Blanton IV -- Paul's collection for Jerusalem and the financial practices in Greek cities / John S. Kloppenborg -- Economic aspects of intercity travel among the Pauline assemblies / Cavan Concannon -- Marxism and capitalism in Pauline studies / L.L. Welborn -- A new horizon for Paul and the philosophers: shifting from comparative "political theology" to "economic theology" / Ward Blanton.
- LCCN
- 2017470027
- OCLC
- ssj0001845266
- Title
Paul and economics [electronic resource] : a handbook / Thomas R. Blanton IV and Raymond Pickett, editors.
- Imprint
Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2017]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Chronological Term
30 B.C.-476 A.D.
- Added Author
Blanton, Thomas R., 1968-
Pickett, Raymond.