Several Recent Studies Have Suggested That The Gospel Of Luke Recommends Generous Almsgiving Or A Relatively Benign Sharing Ethic That Mimics Existing Redistributive Measures In Early Roman Palestine. Employing A Real, Situated, Committed Reader And Drawing Upon Reader-response Criticism, Narratology, And Intertextuality, This Study Argues That A Much More Subversive Reading Of The Gospel's Wealth And Possessions Traditions Is Defensible. It Is Suggested That Because Persons With Access To A Large Surplus Too Often Elect To Spend Extravagantly On Their Own Desires And Existing Means Of Redistribution Such As Almsgiving And Beneficence Were Failing To Offer Any Lasting Changes That Might Truly Be Received As Good News By The Poor, Jesus Advocates Eliminating Personal Wealth.--jacket. Introduction -- Wealth And Possessions In The Gospel Of Luke : A History Of Interpretation -- Salvation Without Renunciation -- Be Generous! -- Reconsidering Luke's Discourse On Wealth And Possessions -- The Nature Of Parabolic Discourse In Luke -- Jesus' Announcement In Nazareth As Programmatic For Reading The Parables -- Delineating The Methodological Approach : Reader-response Criticism, Narrative Criticism/narratology, And Intertextuality -- Delineating The Reader-position -- Procedure -- Challenging Overconsumption -- The Parable Of The Wealthy Landowner (12:16-21) -- Exploring The Pre-text : Impressions Of Jesus' Teaching On Wealth And Possessions In 9:51-12:12 -- Reading The Parable : 12:16-21 -- Summary -- The Parable Of The Father And His Two Sons (15:11-32) -- Impressions Of Jesus' Teaching On Wealth And Possessions In 12:22-15:10 -- Reading The Parable : 15:11-32 -- Summary -- Criticizing Wealth -- The Parable Of The Unjust Steward (luke 16:1-13) -- Reading The Parable : 16:1-13 -- Summary -- The Parable Of The Rich Man And Lazarus (16:19-31) -- Exploring The Pre-text : 16:14-18 -- Reading The Parable : 16:19-31 -- Summary -- Eliminating Wealth -- Jesus' Encounter With The Rich Ruler -- Exploring The Pre-text : 17:1-18:17 -- Reading Jesus' Encounter With The Ruler : 18:18-23 -- Exploring The Post-text : 18:24-30 -- Summary -- Jesus' Encounter With Zacchaeus -- Exploring The Pre-text : 18:31-43 -- Reading Jesus' Encounter With Zacchaeus : 19:1-10 -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Retracing Our Steps : A Brief Synopsis Of The Journey -- Implications -- A Rejoinder. By James A. Metzger. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [201]-212) And Index.

Metzger, James A

Leiden ; Boston: Brill

Koninklijke Brill N.V.

Biblical interpretation series, v. 88, Leiden, 2007

Leiden, The Netherlands, Boston, MA, NE, 2004

Netherlands, Netherlands

ISSN 09280731, 2007

October 25, 2007

viii, 216 p. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-212) and index
Introduction -- Wealth and possessions in the Gospel of Luke : a history of interpretation -- Salvation without renunciation -- Be generous! -- Reconsidering Luke's discourse on wealth and possessions -- The nature of parabolic discourse in Luke -- Jesus' announcement in Nazareth as programmatic for reading the parables -- Delineating the methodological approach : reader-response criticism, narrative criticism/narratology, and intertextuality -- Delineating the reader-position -- Procedure -- Challenging overconsumption -- The parable of the wealthy landowner (12:16-21) -- Exploring the pre-text : impressions of Jesus' teaching on wealth and possessions in 9:51-12:12 -- Reading the parable : 12:16-21 -- Summary -- The parable of the father and his two sons (15:11-32) -- Impressions of Jesus' teaching on wealth and possessions in 12:22-15:10 -- Reading the parable : 15:11-32 -- Summary -- Criticizing wealth -- The parable of the unjust steward (Luke 16:1-13) -- Reading the parable : 16:1-13 -- Summary -- The parable of the rich man and Lazarus (16:19-31) -- Exploring the pre-text : 16:14-18 -- Reading the parable : 16:19-31 -- Summary -- Eliminating wealth -- Jesus' encounter with the rich ruler -- Exploring the pre-text : 17:1-18:17 -- Reading Jesus' encounter with the ruler : 18:18-23 -- Exploring the post-text : 18:24-30 -- Summary -- Jesus' encounter with Zacchaeus -- Exploring the pre-text : 18:31-43 -- Reading Jesus' encounter with Zacchaeus : 19:1-10 -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Retracing our steps : a brief synopsis of the journey -- Implications -- A rejoinder

While several recent studies have suggested that the Gospel of Luke recommends generous almsgiving or a relatively benign sharing ethic that mimics existing redistibutive measures in early Roman Palestine, this book argues that a much more subversive reading of the Gospel's wealth and possessions traditions is defensible.

2024-07-01