@incollection{draper_social_1988, location = {Pretoria}, title = {The Social Milieu and Motivation of Community of Goods in the Jerusalem Church of Acts}, url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277018598_The_Social_Milieu_and_Motivation_of_Community_of_Goods_in_the_Jerusalem_Church_of_Acts}, abstract = {This paper explores the community of goods practiced by the Jerusalem Church according to Luke 2:42-47; 4:32-37; 5:1-11, against possible parallels in the Hellenistic world, Pharasaic haburoth and the Essene communities. It concludes that some form of community of goods was actually practiced by the first Christians in continuity with Jesus' radical social programme and was not the invention of Luke-Acts. It finds these conclusion to be a challenge to Christians today work for social and economic justice.}, pages = {79--90}, booktitle = {Church in Context}, publisher = {{NGK} Boekhandelaar Pretoria}, author = {Draper, Jonathan A.}, editor = {Breytenbach, Cilliers}, date = {1988}, note = {Free}, }