A tax collector (also called a taxman) is a person who collects unpaid taxes from other people or corporations. The term could also be applied to those who audittax returns. Tax collectors are often portrayed as being evil, and in the modern world share a similar stereotype to that of lawyers.[citation needed]
Tax collectors, also known as publicans, are mentioned many times in the Bible (mainly in the New Testament). They were reviled by the Jews of Jesus' day because of their perceived greed and collaboration with the Roman occupiers. Tax collectors amassed personal wealth by demanding tax payments in excess of what Rome levied and keeping the difference.[1] They worked for tax farmers. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus sympathizes with the tax collector Zacchaeus, causing outrage from the crowds that Jesus would rather be the guest of a sinner than of a more respectable or "righteous" person. Matthew the Apostle in the New Testament was a tax collector.[2]
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^Friedrichsen, Timothy A. (Spring 2005). "The Temple, a Pharisee, a Tax Collector, and the Kingdom of God: Rereading a Jesus Parable (Luke 18:10-14A)". Journal of Biblical Literature. 124 (1): 89–119. doi:10.2307/30040992. JSTOR 30040992.
^Saint Peter (Chrysologus, Archbishop of Ravenna) (1987). Sermons 28-62 bis. Fundació Bernat Metge. pp. 19–. ISBN978-84-7225-384-1. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
Further reading
Yancey, Richard (March 17, 2009). Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS. New York, New York: Zondervan, HarperCollins. ISBN9780061740756. tax collector.
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