What are the origin and meaning of the words ???greed is
idolatry??? found in Ephesians 5: 5 and Colossians 3: 5? In what
sense are the greedy guilty of idolatry? Many different answers
have been given to this question throughout the history of
interpretation. In fact, a consensus exists on only one score ?
that the expression serves to vilify greed.
Brian Rosner ably takes on the challenge of interpretation by
tackling the phrase as a metaphor, structuring his argument around
an intriguing comparison to mountain climbing. From this vantage
point, he offers a thorough history of interpretation of the
phrase, including a study of the origin of the concept of
idolatrous greed in biblical and Jewish sources. Rosner concludes
that the comparison of greed with idolatry teaches that to desire
to acquire and keep for oneself more money and material things is
an attack on God??'s exclusive right to human love, trust, and
obedience.
With this work comes a stunning, fresh understanding of familiar
terms ? ???greed, ??? ???idolatry, ??? and even ???God??? ?
challenging both the church as a whole and individual believers to
consider the far-ranging implications of our materialistic world.
The first full-length study of this intriguing Pauline expression,
Greed as Idolatry has profound implications for theological ethics
today.
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