TY  - BOOK
AU  - Longenecker,Bruce W.
TI  - Remember the poor: Paul, poverty, and the Greco-Roman world 
SN  - 9780802863737 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BV639.P6 L66 2010
U1  - 261.8/32509015 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, U.K., Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - W.B. Eerdmans Pub.
KW  - Bible
KW  - N.T
KW  - Epistles of Paul
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Church work with the poor
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-365) and indexes; "I am not ashamed of the gospel" : Paul's alleged disregard for the poor -- "You have dishonored the poor man" : advanced agrarianism and elite acquisitiveness -- "The least of these" : scaling poverty in the Greco-Roman world -- "When did we see you hungry?" : charitable initiatives in the Greco-Roman world -- "Good news to the poor" : Judeo-Christian theological traditions -- "Do good to all" : care for the poor in Paul's communities -- "Remember the poor" : interpretive paradigms in conflict -- "They added nothing" : the poor in the mission of the early Jesus-movement -- "Fulfill the law of Christ" : the poor in the rhetoric of Galatians -- "Not many of you were of noble birth" : economic profiles within Paul's communities -- "You would have plucked out your eyes" : the economic attractions of Paul's communities --"There were none in need" : care for the poor in Paul's theology -- "Content with whatever I have" : the poor in the life of Paul -- Appendix 1. An early critique of Steven J. Freisen's 2004 poverty scale -- Appendix 2. Non-Pauline configurations of generosity and the Mosaic law -- Appendix 3. Dating the origin of Paul's collection
ER  -