Prodigality, Liberality and Meanness
The Prodigal Son in Graeco-Roman Perspective
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 1999
299 pages
978-0-567-28666-6 (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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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-567-28666-6 (9780567286666)
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08/1999
Sheffield Academic Press
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Person
David Holgate is Dean of Studies of the Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Content
- Cover
- Editorial Board
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- PREFACE
- Part I THE PARABLE
- Chapter 1 PRIOR GRECO-ROMAN PERSPECTIVES ON LUKE 15.11-32: AN OVERVIEW
- Chapter 2 THE COMPOSITION AND MESSAGE OF LUKE 15.11-32
- Chapter 3 CO-TEXTS: LUKE 15.11-32 AND THE OTHER L PARABLES
- Part II THETOPOS
- Chapter 4 THE TOPOS 'ON COVETOUSNESS' IN MORAL PHILOSOPHY
- Part III THE PARABLE AND THE TOPOS
- Chapter 5 THE PRODIGAL YOUNGER SON
- Chapter 6 THE LIBERAL FATHER
- Chapter 7 THE YOUNGER SON LEARNS LIBERALITY
- Chapter 8 THE MEAN ELDER SON
- Chapter 9 CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEXES INDEX OF REFERENCES
- INDEX OF AUTHORS
