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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464890703321

Autore

Guillaume Philippe <1960-, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-315-47832-3

1-315-47833-1

1-315-47831-5

1-84465-875-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

BibleWorld

Bible world

Disciplina

221.8/33813

Soggetti

Economics in the Bible

Finance - Biblical teaching

Sabbatical year (Judaism)

Jubilee (Judaism)

Money - Biblical teaching

Interest rates - Biblical teaching

Land tenure - Biblical teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2012 by Equinox Publishing Ltd., an imprint of Acumen"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""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""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of biblical passages""; ""Index of authors""; ""Index of subjects""