文档介绍：Consumption and Wealth in
Luke’s Travel Narrative
Biblical Interpretation Series
Editors
R. Alan Culpepper
Ellen van Wolde
Associate Editors
David E. Orton
Rolf Rendtorff
Editorial Advisory Board
Janice Capel Anderson – Mieke Bal
Phyllis A. Bird – Erhard Blum
Werner H. Kelber – Ekkehard W. Stegemann
Vincent L. Wimbush – Jean Zumstein
VOLUME 88
Consumption and Wealth in
Luke’s Travel Narrative
By
James A. Metzger
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2007
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ISSN 0928-0731
ISBN 978 90 04 16261 7
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In Memoriam
W. James Metzger, Jr. (1945–2000)
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ..................................................................... ix
Chapter One Introduction ...................................................... 1
A. Wealth and Possessions in the Gospel of Luke: A History
of Interpretation ............................................................... 1
1. Salvation without Renunciation ................................... 3
2. Be Generous! ................................................................ 6
B. Reconsideri