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NEW APPROACHES TO BYZANTINE HISTORY AND CULTURE Managing Financial Resources in Late Antiquity Greek Fathers’ Views on Hoarding and Saving GERASIMOS MERIANOS AND GEORGE GOTSIS New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture Series Editors Florin Curta University of Florida, USA Leonora Neville University of Wisconsin Madison, USA Shaun Tougher Cardiff University, UK New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture publishes high-quality scholarship on all aspects of Byzantine culture and society from the fourth to the fifteenth centuries, presenting fresh approaches to key aspects of Byzantine civilization and new studies of unexplored topics to a broad academic audience. The series is a venue for both methodologically inno- vative work and ground-breaking studies on new topics, seeking to engage medievalists beyond the narrow confines of Byzantine studies. 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More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14755 Gerasimos Merianos · George Gotsis Managing Financial Resources in Late Antiquity Greek Fathers’ Views on Hoarding and Saving Gerasimos Merianos George Gotsis Institute of Historical Research Department of History and National Hellenic Research Philosophy of Science Foundation National and Kapodistrian University Athens, Greece of Athens Athens, Greece New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture ISBN 978-1-137-56408-5 ISBN 978-1-137-56409-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-56409-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017947168 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Gregory of Nazianzus giving alms to the poor (cod. Sin. gr. 339, f. 341v, twelfth century). Source: G. Galavaris, Ζωγραφική βυζαντινών χειρογράφων (Athens: Ekdotike Athenon, 1995), fig. 148, by kind permission of the publisher. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Macmillan Publishers Ltd. part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom C ontents 1 Introduction and Acknowledgements 1 2 Historical Background: Early Christian Conceptions of Hoarding 15 3 Justifying Savings but not the Pursuit of Wealth: Contradictions, Tensions and Accommodations in Early Patristic Texts 43 4 Savings for Redistributive Purposes: Stewardship of Wealth in the Teachings of Basil of Caesarea and John Chrysostom 73 5 Fifth-Century Patristic Conceptions of Savings and Capital: Isidore of Pelusium and Theodoret of Cyrrhus 117 6 Contextualizing Patristic Concepts of Hoarding and Saving 159 7 Conclusions 197 v vi CONTENTS Bibliography 207 Index 241 A bbreviAtions Old Testament Ex. Exodus Lev. Leviticus Num. Numbers Deut. Deuteronomy Ps. Psalms Prov. Proverbs Eccl. Ecclesiastes Sir. Sirach Isa. Isaiah Jer. Jeremiah Ezek. Ezekiel Hos. Hosea Am. Amos Mic. Micah Nah. Nahum New Testament Mt. Matthew Mk. Mark Lk. Luke vii viii ABBREVIATIONS Acts Acts of the Apostles Rom. Romans 1–2 Cor. 1–2 Corinthians Gal. Galatians Eph. Ephesians Phil. Philippians Col. Colossians 1–2 Thess. 1–2 Thessalonians 1–2 Tim. 1–2 Timothy Tit. Titus Philem. Philemon Heb. Hebrews Jas. James 1–2 Pet. 1–2 Peter 1 Jn. 1 John Jud. Jude Rev. Revelation Patristic Texts Basil Basil of Caesarea Hom. Destr. horr. Homilia in illud: “Destruam horrea mea” Hom. div. Homilia in divites Hom. temp. fam. Homilia dicta tempore famis et siccitatis HPs.14b Homilia in psalmum 14b 1–2 Clem. 1–2 Clement Clem. Alex. Clement of Alexandria Quis div. Quis dives salvetur Chrysostom John Chrysostom De dec. mill. De decem millium talentorum debitore De Laz. conc. De Lazaro conciones De stat. hom. De statuis hom. In Act. apost. hom. In Acta apostolorum hom. In Col. hom. In epistulam ad Colossenses hom. In 1 Cor. hom. In epistulam I ad Corinthios hom. In 2 Cor. hom. In epistulam II ad Corinthios hom. In Eph. hom. In epistulam ad Ephesios hom. In Heb. hom. In epistulam ad Hebraeos hom. In Ioh. hom. In Iohannem hom. In Mt. hom. In Matthaeum hom. In Phil. hom. In epistulam ad Philippenses hom. ABBREVIATIONS ix In 1 Thess. hom. In epistulam I ad Thessalonicenses hom. In 1 Tim. hom. In epistulam I ad Timotheum hom. In 2 Tim. hom. In epistulam II ad Timotheum hom. Princ. Act. hom. In principium Actorum hom. Did. Didache Greg. Naz. Gregory of Nazianzus Test. Testamentum Greg. Nyss. Gregory of Nyssa Paup. 1 De beneficentia; vulgo De pauperibus amandis 1 Usur. Contra usurarios SH Shepherd of Hermas Mand. Mandata Sim. Similitudines Vis. Visiones Theodoret Theodoret of Cyrrhus De prov. De providentia orationes decem Interpr. 2 Cor. Interpretatio epistolae II ad Corinthios Interpr. Heb. Interpretatio epistolae ad Hebraeos Interpr. 1 Tim. Interpretatio epistolae I ad Timotheum Or. de div. et s. char. Oratio de divina et sancta charitate Legal Texts CJ Codex Justinianus CTh Codex Theodosianus NVal Novellae Valentiniani Editions and Secondary Sources ACO Schwartz, E. et al., ed., Acta Conciliorum Oecumenicorum. Strasbourg: W. de Gruyter, 1914; Berlin and Leipzig: W. de Gruyter, 1924–. Azéma 1–4 Azéma, Y., ed. and trans., Théodoret de Cyr, Correspondance, 4 vols. SC 40, 98, 111, 429. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 1955–1998. BHG Halkin, F. Bibliotheca hagiographica graeca, 3 vols. in 1. Subsidia Hagiographica, 8a. 3rd edn. Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1957. BHL [Société des Bollandistes] Bibliotheca hagiographica latina a ntiquae et mediae aetatis, 2 vols. Subsidia Hagiographica, 6. Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1898–1901.
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