Richard Newhauser
Description
In this full-length study of the early history of greed Richard Newhauser challenges the traditional view that avarice only became a dominant sin with
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the rise of a money economy. He shows that avaritia, the sin of greed for possessions, was dominant in a wide range of theological and literary texts from the first century CE, and that by the early Middle Ages avarice headed the list of vices for authors aiming to convert others from pagan materialism to Christian spirituality.
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History
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Literary Criticism
Ancient & Classical
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Month-Year
Apr, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780521385220
ISBN-10: 0521385229
Language
English
No. of Pages
264
Format
Hardcover
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