Land, Credit and Crisis: Agrarian Finance in the Hebrew Bible
Philippe Guillaume
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.
年:
2011
出版社:
Routledge
言語:
english
ページ:
307
ISBN 10:
1845539281
ISBN 13:
9781845539283
シリーズ:
BibleWorld
ファイル:
PDF, 8.31 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2011