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Paul's gift from Philippi : conventions of gift-exchange and Christian giving

Title
Paul's gift from Philippi : conventions of gift-exchange and Christian giving / G.W. Peterman.
Author
Peterman, Gerald W.
Publication
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

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xi, 246 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
  • This book is a study of Paul's response to the financial help he received from the church in Philippi whilst he was a prisoner in Rome. Philippians 4.10-20 has always puzzled commentators because of its seemingly strained and tortured mode of thanks. Word studies, psychological studies and literary studies have all failed to provide insight into the text, which is unique in the Pauline corpus.
  • Using contemporary sources Dr Peterman reexamines this difficult passage in the light of Greek and Roman practices and language regarding the exchange of gifts and favours in society. He concludes that 'gift exchange' or 'social reciprocity', with its expectations and obligations, permeated every level of society in Paul's day, and that Paul's seemingly ungracious response was an attempt to create a new, Christian attitude to gifts and to giving.
Series Statement
Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 92
Uniform Title
Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 92.
Subject
  • Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • Christian giving > Biblical teaching
  • Gifts > Rome
  • Rome > Social life and customs
Note
  • Revision of thesis (Ph.D)--Kings College, London, 1992.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Giving and receiving in the Old Testament and extra-biblical Jewish Literature -- 3. Giving and receiving in the Greco-Roman world -- 4. Partnership in Philippians 1-2 -- 5. Philippians 4.10-20: Paul's 'thank-you' section? -- 6. Giving and receiving elsewhere in Paul's letters -- 7. Conclusions and implications -- App. A. A selection of texts from Seneca -- App. C. The support of wandering preachers and philosophers -- Index of Greco-Roman authors, papyri and inscriptions -- Index of biblical books with Apocrypha and Fathers.
ISBN
0521572207 (hardcover)
LCCN
96007897
OCLC
  • 503236046
  • ocn503236046
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries