Paul and Economics: A HandbookThomas R. Blanton IV, Raymond Pickett The social context of Paul’s mission and congregations has been the study of intense investigation for decades, but only in recent years have questions of economic realities and the relationship between rich and poor come to the forefront. In Paul and Economics, leading scholars address a variety of topics in contemporary discussion, including an overview of the Roman economy; the economic profile of Paul and of his communities, and stratification within them; architectural considerations regarding where they met; food and drink; idol meat and the Lord’s Supper; material conditions of urban poverty; patronage; slavery; travel; gender and status; the collection for Jerusalem; and the role of Marxist theory and the question of political economy in Paul scholarship. |
Contents
An Overview | 1 |
Material Conditions | 23 |
Economic Profiling of Early Christian Communities | 57 |
Pauls Shift in Economic Location in the Locations of the Roman Imperial Economy | 89 |
Where Did Pauline Communities Meet? | 125 |
Economic Perspectives | 155 |
Economic Location of Benefactors in Pauline Communities | 183 |
Food and Drink in the GrecoRoman World and in the Pauline Communities | 205 |
1734 | 245 |
The Economic Functions of Gift Exchange in Pauline Assemblies | 279 |
Pauls Collection for Jerusalem and the Financial Practices in Greek Cities | 307 |
Economic Aspects of Intercity Travel among the Pauline Assemblies | 333 |
Marxism and Capitalism in Pauline Studies | 361 |
Shifting from Comparative Political Theology to Economic Theology | 397 |
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