Title: Christian Origins and the Ancient Economy /
Authors: Fiensy, David A.
Year: 2014
Subjects: Sociology, Biblical.; Economics in the Bible.
Contents: Part One: The Historical Jesus. Jesus's Socioeconomic Background -- Leaders of Mass Movements and the Leader of the Jesus Movement -- Part Two: Galilee. Jesus and Debts: Did He Pray about Them? -- The Ancient Galilean Economy: A Model -- The Nature of the Galilean Economy in the Late Second Temple Period: The Sociologiacl-Archaeological Debate -- Did Large Estates Exist in Lower Galilee in the First Half of the First Century CE? -- Assessing the Economy of Galilee in the Late Second Temple Period: Five Considerations -- Domestic Space and Standard of Living -- Part Three: The Early Church. Poverty and Wealth in the Jerusalem Church -- The Composition of the Jerusalem Church -- What Would You Do for a Living?