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Land, Credit and Crisis

Agrarian Finance in the Hebrew Bible

by Philippe Guillaume

  • Paperback
  • 304 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

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In light of the growing knowledge derived from economic studies of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and of Ottoman Syria, social-scientific exegesis of the Hebrew scriptures are in need of a serious overhaul. This study offers a new perspective on biblical texts relative to farming (Naboth's vineyard, Ruth, the Shunamite, Job, Nehemiah 5 and others) that challenges some exegetical shibboleths: private property, latifundia, absentee landlord, foreclosure, landless farmers, parasitic cities, usury, and the presentation of farmers as helpless victims. Biblical Palestine was characterized by an over-abundance of arable land, a chronic lack of manpower and of agricultural credit. Prophetic fulminations against merchants and the richA" should not be taken at face value. They need to be understood in the framework of patronage. The icon of the biblical prophet as a champion of social justice is discarded and replaced by a fresh assessment of the three pillars of the biblical financial system: the seventh-year shemittah, the jubilee and the ban on interest.Usually considered utopian, these institutions display the kind of economic realism that is required to move biblical exegesis beyond pious slogans.
Land, Credit and Crisis and Land and Calendar: The Priestly Document from Genesis 1 to Joshua 18
Land and Calendar: The Priestly Document from Genesis 1 to Joshua 18Land, Credit and Crisis

  • Author

    Philippe Guillaume

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Taylor & Francis Ltd

  • Published

    January 2012

  • Weight

    427g

  • Page Count

    304

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781845539283

  • ISBN-10

    1845539281

  • Eden Code

    3952998

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