Land, credit and crisis : agrarian finance in the Hebrew Bible / Philippe Guillaume.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guillaume, Philippe, 1960- author.

Series:

Bible world (London, England)

BibleWorld

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Economics in the Bible.

Finance--Biblical teaching.

Sabbatical year (Judaism).

Jubilee (Judaism).

Money--Biblical teaching.

Interest rates--Biblical teaching.

Land tenure--Biblical teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Land, Credit & Crisis

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Land. Land tenure

Communal land

The myth of the helpless peasant

New perspectives on land passages

Credit. Agricultural credit

Debt and patronage

Debt in the Bible

No crisis in Yehud. Life in Yehud

Financing production and commerce.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-315-47832-3

1-315-47833-1

1-315-47831-5

1-84465-875-9

OCLC:

922959328