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从古今观点看贫穷、仅足生存与保罗群体的经济地位

Ancient and Modern Perceptions of Poverty, Subsistence and the Economic Location of the Pauline Communities

LEUNG Chun Ho Bernard

This paper explores the perceptions of poverty in Graeco-Roman society and the modern world, along with their implications for evaluating the economic circumstances of the Pauline communities. The initial sections of this study aim to elucidate the challenges associated with defining and perceiving poverty in scholarly debates. Given that poverty is a universally subjective human experience, describing and comparing the situation of “the poor” becomes a difficult, if not impossible, task. To analyze the limited and occasionally distorted data on the economic conditions of the ancient world, researchers require contemporary categories, languages, and research methods. Once the methodological issues have been clarified, this paper will provide an overview of the recent discussion about the economic situation of the Pauline communities, emphasizing the problem surrounding the utilization of the concept of “subsistence” in these discussions.

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