Reading Issues of Wealth and Poverty in Luke-Acts (2001 Phillips), book

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Reading Issues of Wealth and Poverty in Luke-Acts (2001) is a book by Thomas E. Phillips.

Abstract

"This book applies Wolfgang Iser’s theories about the reading process to Luke-Acts in order to determine how reading these documents affects the reader’s understanding and behavior relating to issues of wealth and poverty which has two emphases. On one hand, the reader will understand that these documents advocate a renunciation of the desire for wealth and possessions. On the other hand the reader will understand that these documents advocate actions of generosity toward persons in need."--Publisher description.

Editions and translations

Published in Lewiston, NY: E. Mellen Press, 2001 (Studies in the Bible and Early Christianity, 48).

Contents

Preface -- Introduction

  • 1. Recent Readings of Wealth and Poverty in the Third Gospel and Acts (Cassidy, Degenhardt, Schmithals, Seccombe, Koenig, Johnson, Sweetland)
  • 2. Appropriating Reader-Response Theory (Wolfgang Iser’s Literary Theory)
  • 3. Reading the Third Gospel
  • 4. Reading the Acts of the Apostles
  • 5. The Greco-Roman Context

Conclusion -- Appendix

Bibliography -- Index

External links

  • [ Google Books]
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