
Prodigality, Liberality and Meanness
The Prodigal Son in Graeco-Roman Perspective
David Holgate(Author)
Sheffield Academic Press
Published on 1. August 1999
Book
Hardback
299 pages
978-1-84127-025-8 (ISBN)
Description
This monograph interprets the parable of the Prodigal Son (Lk. 15.11-32) in the light of Graeco-Roman popular moral philosophy. Luke's special parables are rarely studied in this way, but the results of this study are very fruitful. The unity of the parable is supported, and it is shown to be deeply concerned with a major Lukan theme: the right use of possessions. The whole parable is read in terms of the moral topos 'on covetousness', and shown to be an endorsement of the Graeco-Roman virtue of liberality, modified by the Christian virtue of compassion.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
681 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84127-025-8 (9781841270258)
DOI
CBID116379
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David Holgate is Dean of Studies of the Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme, Salisbury, Wiltshire.