Theories of poverty in the world of the New Testament /

Armitage, David J., 1975-

Theories of poverty in the world of the New Testament / David J. Armitage. - xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 423 . - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 423. .

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Nottingham, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Purpose and context -- Methodology and concepts -- Poverty in Greco-Roman formative tradition -- Chance and vice: poverty in Plutarch -- The irrelevance of poverty: Stoic and Cynic perspectives -- Perspectives on poverty in the Hebrew Bible -- Poverty discourse in later Second Temple Judaism: divergent trajectories -- Poverty in the New Testament: origins and resolution -- Responses to poverty in the New Testament.

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Poverty in the Bible.
Poor--Biblical teaching.

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