Jesus, Debt and the Lord's Prayer

First-Century Debt and Jesus' Intentions
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-227-17529-3
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 201 g

Reihe: James Clarke

A study of how debt and the forgiveness of debt is a central concern in the life and teachings of Jesus, particularly enshrined in the Lord's Prayer.

Deeply rooted in the story of Jesus of Nazareth is a concern for people mired in debt. Debt was a central control mechanism for the administration of the Roman Empire. Client states such as those of the Herods in Palestine were entrusted with maintenance of the established order, the Pax Romana, and their patronage entailed legions of the indebted. Debt kept peasants at their plows and contributed to the suffering bodies and tortured minds that Jesus attempted to heal. His parables and central prayer feature the forgiveness of money debts. In the end, his praxis to liberate people from perennial debt led to a Roman cross, but his memory was kept alive at the table around which he communed with tax collectors and debtors alike.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oakman, Douglas E.,

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Historisch-Kritische Jesusforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by K.C. Hanson
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations

1 Introduction: Two Kingdoms, One Table-Jesus in Political Perspective
2 Jesus and Agrarian Debt
3 The Lord's Prayer in Social Perspective
4 Jesus the Tax Resister

5 Conclusion: Need or Greed as the Proper End of Economics?

Bibliography
Index of Ancient Documents