Jesus and the peasants / Douglas E. Oakman.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Matrix: the Bible in Mediterranean context. 4 | Matrix: the Bible in Mediterranean context ; 4Publication details: Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, 2008.Description: xii, 336 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1597522759
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 226.067 Oa4je
Contents:
Jesus and agrarian Palestine: the factor of debt -- Jesus and the problem of debt in ancient Palestine -- The buying power of two denarii (Luke 10:35) -- How large is a "great crowd"? (Mark 6:34) -- The ancient economy -- The ancient economy and St. John's Apocalypse -- Money in the moral universe of the New Testament -- The economics of Palestine -- Social meaning and rural context: the mustard seed parable of Jesus -- Rulers' houses, thieves, and usurpers: the Beelzebul pericope -- "All the surrounding country": the countryside in Luke-Acts -- Was Jesus a peasant? Implications for reading the Samaritan story (Luke 10:30-35) -- Cursing fig trees and robbers' dens (Mark 11:12-25 and parallels) -- The Lord's prayer in social perspective -- Models and archaeology in the social interpretation of Jesus -- Jesus the tax resister -- Jesus, Q, and ancient literacy in social perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-336).


Jesus and agrarian Palestine: the factor of debt -- Jesus and the problem of debt in ancient Palestine -- The buying power of two denarii (Luke 10:35) -- How large is a "great crowd"? (Mark 6:34) -- The ancient economy -- The ancient economy and St. John's Apocalypse -- Money in the moral universe of the New Testament -- The economics of Palestine -- Social meaning and rural context: the mustard seed parable of Jesus -- Rulers' houses, thieves, and usurpers: the Beelzebul pericope -- "All the surrounding country": the countryside in Luke-Acts -- Was Jesus a peasant? Implications for reading the Samaritan story (Luke 10:30-35) -- Cursing fig trees and robbers' dens (Mark 11:12-25 and parallels) -- The Lord's prayer in social perspective -- Models and archaeology in the social interpretation of Jesus -- Jesus the tax resister -- Jesus, Q, and ancient literacy in social perspective.

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