Jesus, Debt, and the Lord's Prayer
First-Century Debt and Jesus' Intentions
Imprint: Cascade Books
164 Pages, 5.50 x 8.50 x 0.33 in
- Paperback
- 9781625647931
- Published: September 2014
- Hardcover
- 9781498222518
- Published: September 2014
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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.
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