Consumption and Wealth in Luke's Travel Narrative
James A. Metzger
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.
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Year:
2007
Publisher:
Brill Academic Publishers
Language:
english
Pages:
227
ISBN 10:
9004162615
ISBN 13:
9789004162617
Series:
Biblical Interpretation Series
File:
PDF, 2.57 MB
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english, 2007