Consumption and wealth in Luke's travel narrative /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Metzger, James A.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 216 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; v. 88 Biblical interpretation series ; v. 88.
Subject:	Bible. -- Luke -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. -- Luke. Wealth -- Biblical teaching. Consumption (Economics) -- Biblical teaching. Christian stewardship -- Biblical teaching. Christian stewardship -- Biblical teaching. Wealth -- Biblical teaching. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11205817

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ISBN:	9789047421740 9047421744 9789004162617 9004162615
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Several recent studies have suggested that the Gospel of Luke recommends generous almsgiving or a relatively benign sharing ethic that mimics existing redistributive measures in early Roman Palestine. Employing a real, situated, committed reader and drawing upon reader-response criticism, narratology, and intertextuality, this study argues that a much more subversive reading of the Gospel's wealth and possessions traditions is defensible. It is suggested that because persons with access to a large surplus too often elect to spend extravagantly on their own desires and existing means of redistribution such as almsgiving and beneficence were failing to offer any lasting changes that might truly be received as "good news" by the poor, Jesus advocates eliminating personal wealth."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Metzger, James A. Consumption and wealth in Luke's travel narrative. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 9789004162617
Standard no.:	10.1163/ej.9789004162617.i-217

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Wealth and possessions in the Gospel of Luke : a history of interpretation
Salvation without renunciation
Be generous!
Reconsidering Luke's discourse on wealth and possessions
The nature of parabolic discourse in Luke
Jesus' announcement in Nazareth as programmatic for reading the parables
Delineating the methodological approach : reader-response criticism, narrative criticism/narratology, and intertextuality
Delineating the reader-position
Procedure
Challenging overconsumption
The parable of the wealthy landowner (12:16-21)
Exploring the pre-text : impressions of Jesus' teaching on wealth and possessions in 9:51-12:12
Reading the parable : 12:16-21
Summary
The parable of the father and his two sons (15:11-32)
Impressions of Jesus' teaching on wealth and possessions in 12:22-15:10
Reading the parable : 15:11-32
Summary
Criticizing wealth
The parable of the unjust steward (Luke 16:1-13)
Reading the parable : 16:1-13
Summary
The parable of the rich man and Lazarus (16:19-31)
Exploring the pre-text : 16:14-18
Reading the parable : 16:19-31
Summary
Eliminating wealth
Jesus' encounter with the rich ruler
Exploring the pre-text : 17:1-18:17
Reading Jesus' encounter with the ruler : 18:18-23
Exploring the post-text : 18:24-30
Summary
Jesus' encounter with Zacchaeus
Exploring the pre-text : 18:31-43
Reading Jesus' encounter with Zacchaeus : 19:1-10
Summary
Conclusion
Retracing our steps : a brief synopsis of the journey
Implications
A rejoinder.

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