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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806182003321

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 (ix, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

BibleWorld

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

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.