Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Generosity and Reciprocity in the Good Life according to Sirach 14:3-19
Chapter 3: Decorum in Generosity according to Sirach 18:15-18 and 20:9-17
Chapter 4: "A God Who Repays" - Sacrifice, Reciprocity, and Charity according to Sir 35:1-13 and 12:1-5a
Chapter 5: Relating Charity and Reciprocity (1) - Further Scriptural Traditions and the Role of Sirach 29
Chapter 6: Relating Charity and Reciprocity (2) - Human Generosity in the Well-Ordered Creation
Chapter 7: Synthesis and Conclusions