Property and Riches in the Early Church by Martin Hengel

Property and Riches in the Early Church by Martin Hengel

How should Christians live in what is still an affluent society? What should be their attitude to money and to possessions ? How far has the welfare state relieved the church of its obligations? Is anything short of a complete renunciation of possessions a compromise with Christian teaching? While the experience of the early church cannot be applied directly to our modern situation, it is by no means irrelevant to these questions. In a brief and lucid study, Professor Hengel looks at the views of property and riches to be found in the teaching of Jesus, the early church and Christian fathers down to the fourth century. He compares Christian ideals with those to be found in Judaism and ancient philosophy, and sets what was taught alongside what was achieved in practice. A final chapter summarizes the relevance his book might have to Christianity today, and an annotated reading list indicates how further study might be carried on. Martin Hengel, author of the monumental Judaism and Hellenism, was Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism in the University of Tuebingen.

Martin Hengel, 1926-2009; 1959 Promotion; 1967 Habilitation; 1968-72 Professor fur Neues Testament in Erlangen; 1972-92 Professor fur Neues Testament und Antikes Judentum in Tubingen; Direktor des Instituts fur Antikes Judentum und hellenistische Religionsgeschichte in Tubingen; 1992 emeritiert.Peter Schafer, Born 1943; 1968 PhD; since 1998 Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of Religion at Princeton University; since 2005 the Director of Princeton's Program in Judaic Studies.Hans-Jurgen Becker, Geboren 1956; Studium der Theologie in Gottingen und der Judaistik in Jerusalem; 1988 Promotion; 1996 Habilitation; Professor fur Neues Testament und Antikes Judentum in Gottingen; Leiter des Instituts fur Judaistik in Gottingen.Frowald Gil Huttenmeister, Geboren 1938; Studium der Judaistik in Deutschland, Osterreich und Israel; 1970 Promotion; Dozent fur Judaistik an den Universitaten Tubingen, Duisburg, Wuppertal, Paris und Haifa; im Ruhestand.Andreas Lehnardt, Geboren 1965; Studium der evangelischen Theologie und Judaistik in Munster, Bonn, Koln, Jerusalem; Wiss. Mitarbeiter am Projekt zur Erschliessung der judischen Schriften aus hellenistisch-romischer Zeit (JSHRZ); seit 2004 Professor fur Judaistik an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz.

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ISBN 13	9780334013297
ISBN 10	0334013291
Title	Property and Riches in the Early Church
Author	Martin Hengel
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SCM Press
Year published	2012-07-17
Number of pages	106
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