All Things in Common: The Economic Practices of the Early Christians

Montero, Roman A

ISBN 10: 1532607938 / ISBN 13: 9781532607936

Published by Wipf and Stock, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: All Things in Common: The Economic Practices of the Early Christians
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532607938
• ISBN 13: 9781532607936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

All Things in Common gets behind the "communism of the apostles" passages in Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-37, using the anthropological categories of ""social relationship"" espoused by David Graeber and other anthropologists. Looking at sources ranging from the Qumran scrolls to the North African apologist Tertullian to the Roman satirist Lucian, All Things in Common reconstructs the economic practices of the early Christians and argues that what is described in Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-37 is a long-term, widespread set of practices that were taken seriously by the early Christians, and that differentiated them significantly from the wider world. This book takes into account Judean and Hellenistic parallels to the early Christian community of goods, as well as the socioeconomic context from which it came, and traces its origins back to the very teachings and declarations of Jesus. 

This book will be of interest to anyone interested in Christian history, and especially the socioeconomic aspects of early Christianity, as well as anyone interested in Christian ethics and New Testament studies. It would also be of interest to anyone interested in possible alternatives to the ideology of capitalism.

About the Author

Roman A. Montero spends way too much time studying early Christianity, Koine Greek, early Christian texts, and the historical context of second temple Judaism; All Things in Common is a result of a few years of doing that.