Reciprocity and High Resilience against Economic Fluctuations: Offering Economic Rationales for the Jerusalem Collection in 2 Corinthians 8:10–15
Pauline scholars have long analysed the Jerusalem collection described in 1 Cor 16:1–4, 2 Cor 8–9 and Rom 15:25–29 to unveil Paul’s motivations, but only recently have they considered the economic implications and ramifications of the long-distance gift. Some have tried to associate the long-distanc...
| Published in: | Novum Testamentum |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Novum Testamentum
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Corinthians 2. 8,1-15
/ Resilience
/ Paul Apostle
/ Donations
/ Donations collection
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| RelBib Classification: | HC New Testament NCE Business ethics ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
deliberative rhetoric
B Jerusalem collection B Reciprocity B economic fluctuation B Poison B 2 Cor 8:10–15 B Survival |
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| Summary: | Pauline scholars have long analysed the Jerusalem collection described in 1 Cor 16:1–4, 2 Cor 8–9 and Rom 15:25–29 to unveil Paul’s motivations, but only recently have they considered the economic implications and ramifications of the long-distance gift. Some have tried to associate the long-distance gift with several socio-economic contexts, such as economic inequality, prevalent poverty, patronage and/or gift exchange. This article, however, brings economic fluctuations to the fore to explicate 2 Cor 8:1–15 (esp. vv. 10–15), arguing that Paul’s chief rhetorical inducement to the Corinthians is the practical benefit of increasing their long-term resilience and survivability against the mutable economies facing most ordinary people through balanced exchanges among those of various economic statuses. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-bja10049 |