Riches, poverty, and the faithful : perspectives on wealth in the Second Temple period and the Apocalypse of John / / Mark D. Mathews.
"In the book of Revelation, John appeals to the faithful to avoid the temptations of wealth, which he connects with evil and disobedience within secular society. New Testament scholars have traditionally viewed his somewhat radical stance as a reaction to the social injustices and idolatry of t...
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| Superior document: | Society for New Testament Studies : monograph series ; 154 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies)
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 276 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction: 1. The question of wealth in the Apocalypse; Part II. The Language of Wealth and Poverty in the Second Temple Period: Introduction; 2. Dead Sea Scrolls: non-sectarian Aramaic documents; 3. Dead Sea Scrolls: non-sectarian Hebrew documents; 4. Dead Sea Scrolls: sectarian Hebrew documents; 5. Other Jewish literature; Preliminary conclusions; Part III. Wealth, Poverty, and the Faithful Community in the Apocalypse of John: Introduction; 6. The language of wealth and poverty in the seven messages - Rev 2-3; 7. The present eschatological age - Rev 4-6; 8. Buying and selling in Satan's world - Rev 12-13, 18; 9. Final conclusions.