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Wfoligang Stegemann The Gospel and Poor the / •> i The Gospel and the Poor The Gospel and the Poor Wolfgang Stegemann Translated by Dietlinde Elliott FORTRESS PRESS PHILADELPHIA This book is a translation ofDas Evangelium unddieArmen: Über den UrsprungderTheologiederArmenimNeuenTestamentbyWolf- gang Stegemann. Copyright © 1981 byChr. KaiserVerlag, Munich, West Germany. Biblical quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from the Revised © StandardVersionoftheBible,copyrighted 1946, 1952, 1971, 1973 bytheDivisionofChristianEducationofthe NationalCouncilofthe Churches in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. English translation copyright © 1984 by Fortress Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other- wise, without the prior permission ofthe copyright owner. Library ofCongress Cataloging in Publication Data Stegemann, Wolfgang, 1945— The gospel and the poor. Translat—ion of: Das Evangelium und die Armen—. 1. Poor Biblical teaching. 2. Bible. N.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Title. BS2545.P65S7313 1984 261.8'34569 83-48915 ISBN 0-8006-1783-5 K457D84 Printed in the United States ofAmerica 1-1783 to Willy Schottroff 1 Contents Preface 9 Editorial Note 1 The Poor and the Gospel 13 — Poverty An Ambiguous Term 13 New Testament Terms for "Poor" 14 Poor in the Metaphorical Sense 15 The Poor Are Sick 16 The Poor Are Naked 17 The Poor Are Hungry 17 The Poor Are Destitute 18 Good News for the Poor 22 Theological Confrontation with Poverty in the New 22 Testament Poverty and the Jesus Movement in Palestine 23 Poverty and Christian Discipleship in the Roman 31 Empire The Poor and the Gospel of "the Little People" 40 Prosperous Christians and the Gospel of the Poor 54 Summary 54 CONTENTS 8 Revelations in the Life of the Faithful 55 Our Affluence Demands a Sociohistorical Exegesis 57 — Justification A False Understanding 60 Make Friends for Yourselves by Means of Unrighteous 61 Mammon Conclusion 63 Notes 65 Index of Passages 75
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