The Great Sermon Tradition as a Fiscal

This text addresses two separate but related questions. Firstly, what is Paulrs"s theology of material possessions, and secondly, what is the source of the apostlers"s thought on this subject?

Christopher L. Carter is an Assemblies of God missionary serving at Asia Pacific Theological Seminary in the Philippines.

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
The Paul/Jesus Debate	p. 1
Paul's Attitude towards Material Possessions	p. 7
Objectives and Method	p. 14
The Authenticity of the Great Sermon Tradition	p. 17
Ethics and Authenticity	p. 18
Orality and Authenticity	p. 19
Text and Authenticity	p. 31
Conclusion	p. 41
Paul's General Interest in the Historical Jesus and his Specific Knowledge of the Great Sermon Tradition	p. 42
Inconclusive Indifference	p. 42
Inconclusive Texts	p. 47
Suggestive Circumstances	p. 50
Suggestive Texts	p. 58
Discipleship, Ethics and the Great Sermon Tradition	p. 67
Conclusion	p. 71
The Fiscal Worldview of the Great Sermons	p. 73
Eschatology as a Hermeneutical Framework	p. 73
An Otherworldly Perspective	p. 79
The Ethical Implications of an Otherworldly Perspective	p. 94
The Relational Priority of an Otherworldly Perspective	p. 97
Impending Judgement	p. 101
Conclusion	p. 105
1 Corinthians vis á vis the Great Sermon Tradition	p. 106
Introductory Considerations	p. 106
Eschatology as a Hermeneutical Framework	p. 117
An Otherworldly Perspective	p. 129
The Ethical Implications of an Otherworldly Perspective	p. 169
The Relational Priority of an Otherworldly Perspective	p. 184
Impending Judgement	p. 190
Conclusion	p. 203
Paul and Jesus vis á vis Jewish and Greco-Roman Fiscal Thought	p. 204
Fiscal Thought in Biblical Judaism	p. 204
Fiscal Thought in Second Temple Judaism(s)	p. 208
Fiscal Thought in the Greco-Roman World	p. 219
Conclusion	p. 224
Summary	p. 225
Conclusions and Further Reflection	p. 226
Paul's Theology of Material Possessions	p. 226
The Source of Paul's Fiscal Thought	p. 227
Further Reflection	p. 228
Works Cited	p. 230
Index of Biblical and Other Ancient Sources	p. 259
Index of Modern Authors	p. 267
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