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Contents

ABSTRACT 10

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 12

1. Statement of the Problem 12

2. Purpose of the Study 17

3. Methodology and Limitation of the Research 19

4. Structure of the Research 21

5. Literature Review 22

CHAPTER II. A BRIEF STUDY OF WEALTH AND POVERTY FROM THE LITERATURE OF THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD 34

1. The Wisdom of Ben Sira (Sirach) 35

1.1. Ben Sira's Concern for the Poor: Sirach 4:1-5 35

1.2. Ben Sira's Attitude Towards the Rich and Wealth 38

2. 1 Enoch 44

2.1. 1 Enoch 96:5 45

2.2. 1 Enoch 97:8-10 46

2.3. 1 Enoch 103:5-8 48

CHAPTER III. HISTORICAL SETTING OF LUKAN COMMUNITY IN ITS GRECO-ROMAN CONTEXT 50

1. The Socio-Economic Context 51

1.1. The Class Division and Economic Disparity 51

1.2. High Taxation Practice 56

2. The Use of the Term πτωχοs in Luke 59

2.1. Luke 1:46-55: Mary's Magnificat 59

2.2. Luke 4:16-21: The Proclamation of Good News to the "Poor" 62

2.3. Luke 6:20: The Beatitudes 64

3. The Context of the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus 65

CHAPTER IV. EXEGESIS OF LUKE 16:19-31: THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS 68

1. The Rich Man 69

1.1. His Clothes 71

1.2. His Food 73

1.3. His House 74

2. Lazarus 74

2.1. His Name 74

2.2. His Condition 76

2.3. His Desire 79

3. The Great Reversal of Fortune 80

3.1. The Death of Lazarus-Carried to Abraham Bosom 82

3.2. The Death of the Rich Man-Tormented in Hades 84

3.3. The Beginning of the Reversal 84

3.4. The Finality of the Reversal 87

CHAPTER V. INTERPRETATION OF LUKE 16:19-31 IN THE NAGA CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT 89

1. Luke's Attitude Towards the Rich and Poor 90

2. Luke's Teaching on Wealth and the Reversal of Fortune 93

2.1. The Danger of Wealth with a Reversal Consequence 93

2.2. A New Social Order of Relationship and Challenges for the Rich and the Poor 94

3. Implications of Luke 16:19-31 for the Naga Churches 96

3.1. The Use of Wealth in the Naga Society 98

3.2. A Proximity of the Reversal of Lives; Present and the Afterlife 102

CHAPTER VI. CONCLUSION 107

BIBLIOGRAPHY 111

개요(Abstract) 118