Restricted generosity in the New Testament /

Restricted generosity in the New Testament /

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Author / Creator:Murray, Timothy J., 1988- author.
Imprint:Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2018]
©2018
Description:xiv, 273 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, 0340-9570 ; 480
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 480.
Subject:
Bible. -- New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Money -- Biblical teaching.
Generosity -- Biblical teaching.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11806014
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ISBN:9783161564741
316156474X
9783161564758
3161564758
Notes:Slightly revised thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nottingham, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-259) and indexes.
Summary:The importance of material generosity in early Christianity has been firmly established in New Testament research. Given this consensus, Timothy J. Murray examines the New Testament texts for evidence of when, how and why the early Christians restricted their generosity. Having also examined the restricted generosity of comparable social structures (Jewish groups, Greco-Roman associations and the Hellenistic oikos ), the author argues that the self-conception of the early Christians as members of a fictive-family was the most significant influence on their practices of material generosity and its restrictions, in which they drew heavily from existing cultural ideals regarding family reciprocity and support. Additionally, the author argues (against the majority view) that evidence for organised poor-care in Jewish groups is meagre and non-existent with regard to Greco-Roman associations. -- ‡c From publisher's description.
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