Um novo quadro econômico para o cristianismo primitivo

BOER, R. ; PETTERSON, C. Time of Troubles: A New Economic Framework for Early Christianity. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2017, 320 p. – ISBN 9781506406312.

BOER, R. ; PETTERSON, C. Time of Troubles: A New Economic Framework for Early Christianity. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2017, 320 p.

Economic realities have been increasingly at the center of discussion of the New Testament and early church. Studies have tended to be either apologetic in tone, or haphazard with regard to economic theory, or both‒‒either imagining the ancients as involved in “primitive” economic relationships, or else projecting the modern capitalist preoccupation with markets and the enterprising individual back onto first-century realities. Roland Boer and Christina Petterson blaze a new trail, relying on the expansive work on the Roman economy of G. E. M. de Ste. Croix (who was relatively uninterested in the New Testament, however) and on the theoretical framework of the Régulation school. Theoretically flexible and responsive to historical data, Régulation theory gives appropriate regard to the centrality of agriculture in the ancient world and finds economic instability to be the norm, except for brief episodes of imposed stability. Boer and Petterson find the Roman world in crisis as slavery expands, transforming the agricultural economy so that slave estates could supply the needs of the polis. Successive chapters describe aspects of the economic crisis in the first century and turn at last to understand the ideological role played by nascent Christianity.

Roland Boer is Xin Ao Professor of Literature at Renmin University of China, and research professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and authored numerous books.

Christina Petterson is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Newcastle.

Para compreender o Pentateuco

DOZEMAN, T. B. The Pentateuch: Introducing the Torah. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2017, 764 p. – ISBN 9781506423319.

DOZEMAN, T. B. The Pentateuch: Introducing the Torah. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2017, 764 p.

The Pentateuch is the heart of the Hebrew Bible and the foundational document of Judaism. It is also the focus of tremendous scholarly debate regarding the complex history of its composition. This history will be explored along with analysis of the historical background and ancient Near Eastern parallels for its primeval history, its ancestry narratives and laws, the theological purposes of its final redaction, and its diverse interpretation in communities today. This textbook introduces students to the contents of the Torah and orients them to the key interpretive questions and methods shaping contemporary scholarship, inviting readers into the work of interpretation today. Pedagogical features include images, maps, timelines, reading lists, and a glossary.

Thomas B. Dozeman is professor of Hebrew Bible at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, and co-chair of the SBL Pentateuch Group. He is the author of a number of scholarly books and commentaries.