All Things in Common: The Economic Practices of the Early Christians - Softcover

Montero, Roman A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1532607911 ISBN 13: 9781532607912

Publisher: Resource Publications, 2017

Synopsis

All Things in Common gets behind the "communism of the apostles" passages in Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-37, using the anthropological categories of "social relationship" espoused by David Graeber and other anthropologists. Looking at sources ranging from the Qumran scrolls to the North African apologist Tertullian to the Roman satirist Lucian, All Things in Common reconstructs the economic practices of the early Christians and argues that what is described in Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-37 is a long-term, widespread set of practices that were taken seriously by the early Christians, and that differentiated them significantly from the wider world. This book takes into account Judean and Hellenistic parallels to the early Christian community of goods, as well as the socioeconomic context from which it came, and traces its origins back to the very teachings of Jesus.

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About the Author

Roman A. Montero spends way too much time studying early Christianity, Koine Greek, early Christian texts, and the historical context of second temple Judaism; All Things in Common is a result of a few years of doing that.

Edition details

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532607911
• ISBN 13: 9781532607912
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 146