Common property, the Golden Age, and Empire in Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-35 / Joshua Noble.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noble, Joshua, author.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 636.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of New Testament studies, 2513-8790 ; 636

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Acts, II, 42-47--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Acts, IV, 32-35--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Right of property--Biblical teaching.

Right of property.

Personal belongings.

Commons.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xix, 180 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : T&T Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2021.

Summary:

"Joshua Noble focuses on the rapid appearance and disappearance in Acts 2 and 4 of the motif that early believers hold all their property in common, and argues that these descriptions function as allusions to the Golden Age myth. Noble suggests Luke's claims that the believers "had all things in common" and that "no one claimed private ownership of any possessions" - a motif that does not appear in any biblical source - rather calls to mind Greek and Roman traditions that the earliest humans lived in utopian conditions, when "no one ... possessed any private property, but all things were common.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

The golden age myth in Greek and Latin sources

The golden age myth in Jewish and Christian sources

Preliminaries to a golden age reading of the Acts summaries

Reading Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-35 as golden age allusions

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-166) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Noble, Joshua, Common property, the Golden Age, and Empire in Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-35

ISBN:

9780567695819

0567695816

OCLC:

1164820991