Offering of the Gentiles: Paul's Collection for Jerusalem in Its Chronological, Cultural, and Cultic Contexts by Downs, David J.

Offering of the Gentiles: Paul's Collection for Jerusalem in Its Chronological, Cultural, and Cultic Contexts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802873132)

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Offering of the Gentiles: Paul's Collection for Jerusalem in Its Chronological, Cultural, and Cultic Contexts by Downs, David J.

Offering of the Gentiles: Paul's Collection for Jerusalem in Its Chronological, Cultural, and Cultic Contexts

$36.50
Offering of the Gentiles: Paul's Collection for Jerusalem in Its Chronological, Cultural, and Cultic Contexts by Downs, David J.

Offering of the Gentiles: Paul's Collection for Jerusalem in Its Chronological, Cultural, and Cultic Contexts

$36.50
Format: Paperback
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The monetary fund that the apostle Paul organized among his Gentile congregations for the Jewish-Christian community in Jerusalem was clearly an important endeavor to Paul; discussion of it occupies several prominent passages in his letters. In this book David Downs carefully investigates that offering from historical, sociocultural, and theological standpoints.

Downs first pieces together a chronological account of Paul's fund-raising efforts on behalf of the Jerusalem church, based primarily on information from the Pauline epistles. He then examines the sociocultural context of the collection, including gift-giving practices in the ancient Mediterranean world relating to benefaction and care for the poor. Finally, Downs explores how Paul framed this contribution rhetorically as a religious offering consecrated to God.

Author: David J. Downs
ISBN-10: 0802873138
ISBN-13: 9780802873132
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2016
Pages: 222
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
By David J. Downs
By David J. Downs
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David J. Downs is associate professor of New Testament studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is also the author of Alms: Charity, Reward, and Atonement in Early Christianity.

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