Taking Away the Pound - Women, Theology and the Parable of the Pounds in the Gospel of Luke

Zusammenfassung Against the majority opinion, this study argues that the Lukan Parable of the Talents is a story about the use and abuse of power. It states that the Parable of the Pounds is used as a lens to view the characterizations of Lukan women. It explores the ways its dynamic gives insight into the dynamic operating in the Lukan women's characterizations.

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• Authors: Elizabeth V Dowling, Elizabeth V. Dowling, DOWLING ELIZABETH V, Dowling Elizabeth V.
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.04.2007
• EAN: 9780567043641
• ISBN: 978-0-567-04364-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Library of New Testament Studi; Library of New Testament Studi; The Library of New Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations