Restricted generosity in the New Testament

This thesis is concerned with when, how and why the first Christians restricted their material generosity, according to the evidence of the New Testament texts. Its central argument is that restricted generosity in the early church was inseparable from the church’s self-conception as a fictive famil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murray, Timothy J.
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48131/