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Jesus and the peasants / Douglas E. Oakman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oakman, Douglas E.
- Series:
- Matrix--the Bible in Mediterranean context ; 4.
- Matrix: the Bible in Mediterranean context ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Gospels--Social scientific criticism.
- Bible.
- Bible. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible. Gospels.
- Jesus Christ.
- Peasants.
- Social scientific criticism of sacred works.
- Palestine--Economic conditions.
- Palestine.
- Peasants--Palestine--Comparative studies.
- Genre:
- Comparative studies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, 2008.
- Summary:
- While some of the chapters focus on systemic issues, others probe the depths of individual Gospel passages. The author's keen eye for textual detail, archaeological data, comparative materials, and systemic overviews make this volume a joy for anyone interested in understanding Jesus in his own context. The volume is organized into three interrelated parts: 1) political economy and the peasant values of Jesus, 2) the Jesus traditions within peasant realities, and 3) the peasant aims of Jesus.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-336).
- ISBN:
- 1597522759
- 9781597522755
- OCLC:
- 190768419
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