Jesus, Debt, and the Lord's Prayer: First-Century Debt and Jesus' Intentions

by Douglas E. Oakman

Deeply rooted in the story of Jesus of Nazareth is a concern for people mired in debt. Debt was a central control mechanism for the administration of the Roman Empire. Client states such as those of the Herods in Palestine were entrusted with maintenanceof the established order, the Pax Romana, and their patronage entailed legions of the indebted. Debt kept peasants at their plows and contributed to the suffering bodies and tortured minds that Jesus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0227175298
• ISBN13: 9780227175293
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: James Clarke Company
• Length: 164 Pages