Jesus' Parable of the Rich Fool - Luke 12:13-34 Among Ancient Conversations on Death and Possessions (Hardcover)

Rindge reads Luke s parable of the Rich Fool (12:16 21) as a sapiential narrative and situates this parable within a Second Temple intertextual conversation on the interplay of death and possessions. A rich analysis of Jewish (Qoheleth, Ben Sira, 1 Enoch, Testament of Abraham) and Greco-Roman (Lucian, Seneca) texts reveals a web of disparate perspectives regarding how possessions can be used meaningfully, given life s fragility and death s inevitability and uncertain timing. Departing from standard interpretations of Luke s parable as a simple critique of avarice, Rindge explicates the multiple ways in which the parable and its immediate literary context (12:13 34) appropriate, reconfigure, and illustrate this contested conversation, and shows how these themes are chosen and adapted for Luke s own existential, ethical, and theological concerns.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	December 2011
Authors:	Jan Fontein • Matthew S. Rindge
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Laminated cover
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-21170-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > The Bible > New Testament > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > The Bible > New Testament > General Books > Christianity > The Bible > New Testament
LSN:	90-04-21170-5
Barcode:	9789004211704

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