Steven R. Johnson

Seeking the Imperishable Treasure

Wealth, Wisdom, and a Jesus Saying

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In Seeking the Imperishable Treasure, Johnson tracks the use of a single saying of Jesus over time and among theologically divergent authors and communities. He identifies six different versions of the saying in the canonical gospels and epistles (Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, James, and Colossians), as well as the Gospel of Thomas and Q. After tracing the tradition and redaction history of this wisdom admonition, he observes at least two distinctly different wisdom themes that are applied to the saying: the proper disposition of wealth and the search for knowledge, wisdom, or God. What he discovers is a saying of Jesus--with roots in Jewish wis… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4982-7384-8
EAN: 9781498273848
Produktnummer: 30240152
Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 200 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 4'092 KB

Über den Autor

Steven R. Johnson is Associate Professor of Religion at Lycoming College (Williamsport, Pennsylvania). He is a managing editor of the International Q Project and is the author and editor of Q 7:1-10: The Centurion's Faith in Jesus' Word and Q 12:33-34: Storing up Treasures in Heaven (forthcoming).