Description
One of the most difficult questions facing us today is that of the proper attitude toward possessions.
In wealthy nations such as Britain and the USA, individuals accumulate much and yet are daily exposed to the plight of the poor, whether the homeless on their own city streets or starving children on their TV screens. What action should they take on behalf of the poor? What should they do with their own possessions?
In Neither Poverty nor Riches Craig Blomberg asks what the Bible has to say to these issues. He avoids easy answers, and instead seeks a comprehensive biblical theology of possessions. Beginning with the groundwork laid by the Old Testament and the ideas developed in the intertestamental period, he draws out what the whole New Testament has to say on the subject and finally offers conclusions and applications relevant to the modern world.
This is a book that all concerned with issues of poverty and wealth should read.
Endorsements
On a subject as sensitive as this one, it is extraordinarily rare to find balance and prophetic voice rolled up in one. In my view, this is now the best book on the entire subject.
- D.A. Carson
Table of Contents
Series preface
Author's preface
Abbreviation
Introductory considerations
1. The Old Testament and material possessions: the historical books
2. The Old Testament wisdom and prophetic literature
3. Additional historical background: between the testaments
4. The teaching of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels
5. Earliest Christianity
6. The life and teaching of Paul
7. The rest of the New Testament
8. Summary, conclusions and applications
Bibliography
Index of authors
Product Details
Title: Neither Poverty Nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions
Author: C.L. Blomberg
Publisher: Apollos
Pages: 272
Binding: Paperback
Size: 21.4 x 14.0 x 2.1 cm
ISBN: 9780851115160