Property and Riches

by Martin Hengel

Book Overview

What should be the Christian attitude toward money and possessions? Have our own possessions left us blind to the utopian vision of the first Christians? Is anything short of a complete renunciation of possessions a compromise with Christian teaching?

In this brief and lucid study, esteemed New Testament scholar and historian Martin Hengel examines the views of property and riches to be found in the teachings of Jesus, the early Christian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800612019
• ISBN13: 9780800612016
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"