Xxxxxxx X. X. Xxxx. In The Judaean Poor and the Fourth Gospel (2006), Xxxxxxx X. X. Xxxx emphasizes the religious dimension of economics in the New Testament’s social and cultural context, first-century Judea in particular, as an entry-point to understanding John’s Gospel. Ling’s attention to the religious dimension of economic categories in 50 In addition to the works listed in n. 34 above, see Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxx and the Marginalized in John’s Gospel (Zacchaeus Studies: New Testament; Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1990); Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, “Xxxxx and the Marginalised in the Fourth Gospel,” in Mission and Meaning: Essays Presented to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx (ed. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, and Xxx Xxxxxx; Xxxxxxxx, United Kingdom: Paternoster, 1995), 70–89 (discussed below, §1.5.6); Xxxxxx Xxxxx, “Xxxxx and the Poor in the Fourth Gospel,” in Biblebhashyam 4 (1978), 213–28. first-century Judea is pertinent to my own study, even if his specific topic, !"#$%& in the New Testament and in the Johannine tradition, is not. Ling situates his study within the field of social-scientific of the New Testament. He contends that positing a model of normative Mediterranean honor culture as the defining social context of the New Testament writings “has unnecessarily homogenised the social world and obscured cultural and historical diversity, especially the anomalous character of Judaea.”51 He also argues that the methodological assumptions of much New Testament social-scientific criticism “preclude the identification of the religious and moral dimensions of the social world.”52 Ling attempts to rectify the scholarly tendency to assimilate or marginalize religious social actors by identifying the sociological category of “virtuoso religion” and showing that it is not necessarily applicable to the entire ancient Mediterranean world but is rather suited to first-century Judea in particular.53 For Ling, it is the critical testing of the category of “virtuoso religion” in light of data that pertains to the geographically- and temporally-limited social world of first-century Judea that validates this category as a heuristic construct for this particular time and place. Ling’s thesis is that there are forms of piety indigenous to first-century Judaea that are especially pertinent for understanding !"#$%& in the New Testament generally 51 Ling, Judaean Poor, 8. 52 Ibid. 53 Ibid., 8–9, 62–97, 213–14. The category “virtuoso religion” describes forms of piety and religiosity that may lead to the f...
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