Jesus, Debt, and the Lord's Prayer: First-Century Debt and Jesus' Intentions

Douglas E. Oakman

ISBN 10: 162564793X / ISBN 13: 9781625647931

Published by Cascade Books, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jesus, Debt, and the Lord's Prayer: First-Century Debt and Jesus' Intentions
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 162564793X
• ISBN 13: 9781625647931
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

Deeply rooted in the story of Jesus of Nazareth is a concern for people mired in debt. Debt was a central control mechanism for the administration of the Roman Empire. Client states such as those of the Herods in Palestine were entrusted with maintenance of the established order, the Pax Romana, and their patronage entailed legions of the indebted. Debt kept peasants at their plows and contributed to the suffering bodies and tortured minds that Jesus attempted to heal. His parables and central prayer feature the forgiveness of money debts. In the end, his praxis to liberate people from perennial debt led to a Roman cross, but his memory was kept alive at the table around which he communed with tax collectors and debtors alike.

About the Author

Douglas E. Oakman is Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA. He is the author of Jesus and the Economic Questions of His Day (1986) and, with K. C. Hanson, co-author of the award-winning Palestine in the Time of Jesus (2008), Jesus and the Peasants (2008) and The Political Aims of Jesus (2012).