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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.
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.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 164
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
30 April 2015
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.51 in
ISBN: 9780227175293
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, Second World War, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Bibles, New Testaments
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— Cavan Wood
— Cavan Wood
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
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