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

Informationen zum Autor Philippe Guillaume is a trained agriculturalist, theologian and biblical archaeologist, and has taught Old Testament/Hebrew Bible in Switzerland, Lebanon and England. He is currently writing a Habilitationsschrift at the University of Berne. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Land, Credit and Crisis presents a new understanding of the financial culture of the Bible. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Land 1. Land Tenure 2. Communal Land 3. The Myth of the Helpless Peasant 4. New Perspectives on Land Passages Part II: Credit 5. Agricultural Credit 6. Debt and Patronage 7. Debt in the Bible Part III: No Crisis in Yehud 8. Life in Yehud 9. Financing Production and Commerce General Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Philippe Guillaume, Guillaume Philippe
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2012
• EAN: 9781845539283
• ISBN: 978-1-84553-928-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: BibleWorld
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Christian social thought & activity