Dr Christopher L. CarterThe Great Sermon Tradition as a Fiscal Framework in 1 Corinthians
Towards a Pauline Theology of Material Possessions
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter 1
Introduction
1 The Paul/Jesus Debate
2 Paul's Attitude towards Material Possessions
3 Objectives and Method
Chapter 2
The Authenticity of The Great Sermon Tradition
1 Ethics and Authenticity
2 Orality and Authenticity
3 Text and Authenticity
4 Conclusion
Chapter 3
Paul's General Interest in The Historical Jesus and His Specific Knowledge
of The Great Sermon Tradition
1 Inconclusive Indifference
2 Inconclusive Texts
3 Suggestive Circumstances
4 Suggestive Texts
5 Discipleship, Ethics, and The Great Sermon Tradition
6 Conclusion
Chapter 4
The Fiscal Worldview of the Great Sermons
1 Eschatology as a Hermeneutical Framework
2 An Otherworldly Perspective
3 The Ethical Implications of an Otherworldly Perspective
4 The Relational Priority of an Otherworldly Perspective
5 Impending Judgment
6 Conclusion
Chapter 5
1 Corinthians vis á vis the Great Sermon Tradition
1 Introductory Considerations
2 Eschatology as a hermeneutical framework
3 An otherworldly perspective
4 The Ethical Implications of an Otherworldly Perspective
5 The relational priority of an otherworldly perspective
6 Impending Judgment
7 Conclusion
Chapter 6
Paul and Jesus vis á vis Jewish and Greco-Roman Fiscal Thought
1 Fiscal Thought in Biblical Judaism
2 Fiscal Thought in Second Temple Judaism(s)
3 Fiscal Thought in the Greco-Roman World
4 Conclusions
5 Summary
Chapter 7
Conclusions and Further Refection
1 Paul's Theology of Material Possessions
2 The Source of Paul's Fiscal Thought
3 Further Reflection
Works Cited
