Good News to the Poor : Wealth and Poverty in Luke - Acts

by Pilgrim, Walter

• ISBN13: 9781610976633
• ISBN10: 1610976630
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-07
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

How does the proclamation of good news to the poor in Luke's Gospel relate to wealth and poverty? What does Luke-Acts mean to affluent Christians and churches in our time?

Author Biography

Walter E. Pilgrim was associate professor of theology and director of continuing theological education at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma. He received his Th.D. in New Testament from Princeton Seminary.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 10
Introduction	p. 11
Good News to the Poor	p. 17
The Poor in the Old Testament and in the Intertestamental Period	p. 19
The Poor in the Old Testament
Possessions as a Sign of God's Blessings
Yahweh as the Defender of the Poor and Needy
The Old Testament Legal Traditions
The Book of the Covenant (Exod. 20:22-23:33)
The Deuteronomic Law Code
The Holiness Code (Lev. 17-26)
The Prophetic Tradition
The Early Prophets (Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah)
The Later Prophets (Jeremiah, Second Isaiah)
The Psalter
Wisdom Literature
The Poor in the Intertestamental Period
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Jewish apocrypha
Apocalyptic
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Rabbinic Literature
Jesus and the Poor	p. 39
Political and Social Unrest in First-Century Palestine
Social Classes
Jesus and His Disciples
Jesus' Appeal to the Poor
The Multitudes
Tax Collectors and Sinners
Anawim
Oldest Traditions in the Gospels
Luke 6:20-21/Matthew 5:3-9
Luke 16:19-26
Luke 1:52-53
Mark 10:31/Luke 13:30/Matthew 19:30; 20:16
Anointed to Preach Good News to the Poor	p. 64
The Announcement of Good News to the Poor (4:16-30)
The Relationship Between 4:16-31 and Luke's Gospel
The Old Testament Context
"Go and tell John ...the poor hear good news" (Luke 7:18-23)
Invite the Poor (Luke 14:13,21)
"Blessed are you poor" (Luke 6:20-23)
The Poor Await the Good News (Luke 1-2)
Outcasts and Sinners Hear the Good News
The Rich and the Poor
The Rich and the Poor	p. 85
The Call to Total Surrender of One's Possessions	p. 87
"They left everything and followed him" (Luke 5:11)
"He left everything and followed him" (Luke 5:28)
"Sell all that you have" (Luke 18:18-23)
"Whoever of you does not renounce all that he has" (Luke 14:33)
"Sell your possessions and give alms" (Luke 12:33)
The Widow Who Gives All (Luke 21:1-4)
The Poverty of Jesus and His Disciples (Luke 9:3, 58; 10:4)
Summary
The Dangers of Wealth	p. 103
"Woe to you that are rich" (Luke 6:24-26)
Choked by Riches (Luke 8:14)
Take Heed of the Cares of Life (Luke 21:34)
The Rich Fool (Luke 12:13-21)
The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)
The Needle's Eye (Luke 18:24-30)
The Right Use of Possessions	p. 123
Jesus' Affirmation of Possessions
Make Friends with Your Wealth (Luke 16:1-13)
Zacchaeus-The Lukan Paradigm for Rich Christians (Luke 19:1-10)
Almsgiving, The Practice of Charity
Doing Good with One's Wealth-Some Examples
The Story of Zacchaeus
One-Half to the Poor
Debts and Loans
Lend Gratis (Luke 6:27-36)
Give and it will be given (Luke 6:37-38)
The Two Debtors (Luke 7:40-43; Matt. 18:23-35)
Inviting the Uninvited
Doing Love's Deeds (Luke 10:25-37)
What shall we do? (Luke 3:10-14)
A Sharing Community	p. 147
Sharing According to Need
All Things in Common (Acts 2:41-47)
"Not a needy person among them" (Acts 4:32-39)
Two Case Histories (Acts 4:36-5:11)
Economic Crises in the Early Church
The Problem of Fair Distribution (Acts 6:1-7)
The Problem of Global Distribution (Acts 11:12-30; 24:17)
Remembering the Words of Jesus (Acts 20:33-35)
The Poor Inherit the Kingdom	p. 160
Good News to the Poor
The Assurance that God Is for Them
The Promise of the Future
The Promise of the Present
The Challenge to Rich Christians
The Radical Danger
Discipleship of Wealth
Contemporary Reflections
Social Dimensions of the Gospel
Ethics as Discipleship
Sharing Within the Community of Believers
Sharing Outside the Community
A Word to Rich Christians
Notes	p. 177
Bibliography	p. 193
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