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1 online resource. |
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Synkrisis
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Synkrisis.
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ONE: Introduction; TWO: Symbolic Goods as Media of Exchange in Paul's Gift Economy; THREE: The Benefactor's Account Book: The Rhetoric of Gift Reciprocation According to Seneca and Paul; FOUR: Gift or Commodity? On the Classification of Paul's Unremunerated Labor; FIVE: Classification and Social Relations: The Dark Side of the Gift; SIX: The Gift of Status; SEVEN: Spiritual Gifts and Status Inversion; EIGHT: Summary and Conclusions. |
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Appendix: Letters and Events Significantly Shaping Paul's Relations with the Corinthian Assembly: A Relative Chronology; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Subjects; Index of Modern Authors; Index of Biblical and Early Jewish Sources; Index of Greek and Roman Sources. |
| Summary |
Utilizing theories of gift exchange from Seneca to Marcel Mauss and beyond, Thomas Blanton explains the operation of the gift economy at work in the letters of Paul of Tarsus. The work shows how Paul adapted discourses and practices of gift exchange to motivate the transmission of goods and services based on an ethic of reciprocity. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Paul, the Apostle, Saint -- Correspondence.
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Paul, the Apostle, Saint. |
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Gifts -- Religious aspects.
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Gifts -- Religious aspects. |
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Gifts -- Social aspects.
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Gifts -- Social aspects. |
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Gifts -- Economic aspects.
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Gifts. |
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Gifts -- Economic aspects. |
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- History. |
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Electronic books.
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Personal correspondence.
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Print version: 0300220405 9780300220407 (OCoLC)946216522 |
| ISBN |
9780300225143 (electronic book) |
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0300225148 (electronic book) |
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0300220405 |
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9780300220407 |
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