Seeking the Imperishable Treasure: Wealth, Wisdom, and a Jesus Saying

by Steven R. Johnson

Book Overview

This book tracks the use of a single saying of Jesus over time and among theologically divergent authors and communities and identifies six different versions of the saying in the canonical gospels and epistles, as well as the Gospel of Thomas and Q. After tracing the tradition and redaction history of this wisdom admonition, the author observes at least two distinctly different wisdom themes that are applied to the saying: the proper disposition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0227173244
• ISBN13: 9780227173244
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: James Clarke Company
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"