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008			750311s1974 pau b 000 0 eng
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040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dMUQ _dBTCTA _dSDA
041	1		_aeng _hger
049			_aSBIM
050	0	4	_aBR166
050	0	4	_aBR166.H511.P767 1974
100	1		_aHengel, Martin, _e1
245	1	0	_aProperty and riches in the early church : _baspects of a social history of early Christianity / _cMartin Hengel ; translated by John Bowden from the German. _hPR
250			_afirst American edition.
260			_aPhiladelphia : _bFortress Press, _c(c)1974.
300			_aviii, 96 pages ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aTranslation of Eigentum und Reichtum in der fruhen Kirche.
504			_a1
505	0	0	_aThe criticism of property among the fathers, natural law and utopia in antiquity. The criticism of property among the fourth-century fathers ; Natural law and utopia in antiquity ; Greek influence in early Christianity? -- _tProperty and riches in the Old Testament and Judaism. The prophetic criticism of riches and its expression in the Torah ; Social tensions in early Judaism ; Poverty and riches in the rabbis -- _tThe preaching of Jesus. Jesus' radical criticism of property ; Jesus' free attitude to property ; The imminence of the rule of God and the love of the Father -- _tThe 'love communism' of the primitive community -- _tPaul and the communities of the Gentile Christian mission. The new situation ; The social structure of the Gentile Christian communities ; The eschatological relativization of property -- _tAttempts at solving the question of property in the community ethics of early Christianity -- _tThe criticism of property in apocalyptic Christianity and its tradition. The influence of crude apocalyptic polemic ; Thorough-going criticism of riches in the community ; The motive of asceticism -- _tThe ideal of 'self-sufficiency' in popular philosophy. Paul and the influence of popular philosophy ; Bourgeois influence on the ideal -- _tThe compromise of effective compensation. The positive evaluation of manual labour and the moderate acquisition of possessions ; The increase in members from the upper strata in the communities ; Comprehensive care of the poor and its basis ; Three examples from the Roman community -- _tClement of Alexandria: the rich man's salvation -- _tCyprian of Carthage: on good works and almsgiving -- _tTen concluding theses.
530			_a2
650		0	_aProperty _xReligious aspects _xChristianity _xHistory.
650		0	_aWealth _xMoral and ethical aspects _xHistory.
650		0	_aWealth _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell