Engaging Economics New Testament Scenarios and Early Christian Reception

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Introduction Bruce W. Longenecker and Kelly D. Liebengood 2. Methodological Issues in Using Economic Evidence in Interpretation of Early Christian Texts Peter Oakes NEW TESTAMENT SCENARIOS 3. Money Matters: Economic Relations and the Transformation of Value in Early Christianity Stephen C. Barton 4. Jesus, Virtuoso Religion, and the Community of Goods Brian ]. Capper 5. The Spirit and the "Other," Satan and the "Self": Economic Ethics as a Consequence of Identity Transformation in Luke-Acts Aaron J. Kuecker 6. Agrarian Discourse and the Sayings of Jesus: "Measure for Measure" in Gospel Traditions and Agricultural Practices John S. Kloppenborg 7. Is God Paul`s Patron? The Economy of Patronage in Pauline Theology David J. Downs 8. The Economics of Humility: The Rich and the Humble in James Mariam Kamell 9. Aliens and Strangers? The Socioeconomic Location of the Addressees of i Peter David G. Horrell EARLY CHRISTIAN RECEPTION 10. The Poor of Galatians 2:10: The Interpretative Paradigm of the First Four Centuries Bruce W. Longenecker 11. Tertullian on Widows: A North African Appropriation of Pauline Household Economics David E. Wilhite 12. Critiquing Rome`s Economy: Revelation and Its Reception in the Apostolic Fathers Grant Macaskill 13. By Almsgiving and Faith Sins Are Purged? The Theological Underpinnings of Early Christian Care for the Poor Christopher M. Hays 14. Zacchaeus`s Half: Ascetical Economy in the Syriac Book of Steps Robert A. Kitchen 15. Afterword Bruce W. Longenecker