Orphans, Widows, and the Economics of the Early Church

Patrick Gray ()
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Patrick Gray: Rhodes College

Chapter Chapter 13 in Standard of Living, 2022, pp 297-308 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The New Testament describes “religion that is pure and undefiled” as consisting of “care for orphans and widows in their distress.” This essay surveys the demography of orphans and widows in the Greco-Roman world and considers how the economic ramifications of these realities in early Christian communities can help interpreters make sense of otherwise opaque biblical texts.

Keywords: Orphans in early Christianity; Widows in early Christianity; New Testament; economic interpretations of; First Letter to Timothy (New Testament) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-06477-7_13

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