Christian Origins and the Ancient Economy
By: David A. Fiensy
Publisher: Cascade Books; Clarke Company, Limited, James
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781625641816; 9780227174760; 9780227902868; 9781498205535
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Biblical Sociology; Economics; Economics in the Bible; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-227) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One: The historical Jesus; title: Jesus's socioeconomic background; title: Leaders of mass movements and the leader of the Jesus movement; title: Part Two: Galilee; title: Jesus and debts: did he pray about them?; title: The ancient Galilean economy: a model; title: The nature of the Galilean economy in the Late Second Temple Period: The sociological-archaeological debate; title: Did large estates exist in lower Galilee in the first half of the first century CE?; title: Assessing the economy of Galilee in the Late Second Temple Period: five considerations; title: Domestic space and standard of living; title: Part Three: The early church; title: Poverty and wealth in the Jerusalem church; title: The composition of the Jerusalem church; title: What would you do for a living?