Spiritual economy : gift exchange in the letters of Paul of Tarsus /

Utilizing theories of gift exchange from Seneca to Marcel Mauss and beyond, Thomas Blanton explains the operation of the gift economy at work in the letters of Paul of Tarsus. The work shows how Paul adapted discourses and practices of gift exchange to motivate the transmission of goods and services...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Blanton, Thomas R.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Place of publication not identified] : Yale University Press, 2017.
Collection:Synkrisis.
Sujets:
Paul, > the Apostle, Saint > Correspondence.
Paul, > the Apostle, Saint.
Paulus > Apostel, Heiliger.
Gifts > Religious aspects.
Gifts > Social aspects.
Gifts > Economic aspects.
Cadeaux > Aspect religieux.
Cadeaux > Aspect social.
Cadeaux > Aspect économique.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > History.
Brief.
Geschenk.
Personal correspondence.
Correspondence.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • ONE: Introduction; TWO: Symbolic Goods as Media of Exchange in Paul's Gift Economy; THREE: The Benefactor's Account Book: The Rhetoric of Gift Reciprocation According to Seneca and Paul; FOUR: Gift or Commodity? On the Classification of Paul's Unremunerated Labor; FIVE: Classification and Social Relations: The Dark Side of the Gift; SIX: The Gift of Status; SEVEN: Spiritual Gifts and Status Inversion; EIGHT: Summary and Conclusions.
  • Appendix: Letters and Events Significantly Shaping Paul's Relations with the Corinthian Assembly: A Relative Chronology; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Subjects; Index of Modern Authors; Index of Biblical and Early Jewish Sources; Index of Greek and Roman Sources.

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