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Land, Credit and Crisis: Agrarian Finance in the Hebrew Bible

Name: Land, Credit and Crisis: Agrarian Finance in the Hebrew Bible
ISBN: 9781845539283

Philippe Guillaume

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Land, Credit and Crisis presents a new understanding of the financial culture of the Bible. Biblical Palestine was characterized by an over-abundance of arable land combined with a chronic lack of manpower and agricultural credit - circumstances which lead to much prophetic fulminating against merchants and the rich. The book reveals how the financial instruments and institutions of the time reflected a tough economic realism and argues that the image of the biblical prophet as a champion of social justice must be revised.

Categories:

Religion & Spirituality - Bible

Year:

2011

Publisher:

Routledge

Language:

english

Pages:

307

ISBN 10:

1845539281