Economic Language in Luke-Acts

ISBN-13: 9783838308098 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 128 str.

Opis

Because the Christian religion is about the acts of the God-Man, Jesus of Nazareth, it treats human issues in a human way. Although there is no direct interest in the New Testament in matters economic, there is much economic material in the NT. This is especially so in the Lukan writings, St Lukes Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. These books tend to be treated by theologians as theological texts, and sometimes by economists as economic texts. The author of this book has graduate degrees and publications in both theology and in economics. The book thus gives an integrated reading that is informed both by NT and Economic scholarship - although it is mainly a theological reading. The book draws on the original Greek text, but in ways that are accessible for readers without Greek and without expertise in NT Studies; and also draws on Economics in ways that are accessible to readers without formal Economics.It is thus useful to an intelligent reader who seeks an appreciation of the varieties of uses of economic language in the two- volume text, Luke-Acts, and how the evangelist employs this language in his proclamation of the Gospel.

O autorze

McGavin, P. A.
Paul Anthony McGavin is a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia. He was Head of the School of Business, The University of New South Wales, the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra. He has a PhD in Economics of the University of Melbourne and a Master of Theology of the Mellbourne College of Divinity.