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

• Autore: Guillaume Philippe <1960-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 221.8/33813
• Soggetto topico: Economics in the Bible; Finance - Biblical teaching; Sabbatical year (Judaism); Jubilee (Judaism); Money - Biblical teaching; Interest rates - Biblical teaching; Land tenure - Biblical teaching
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Land, Credit & Crisis
• Titolo autorizzato: Land, credit and crisis
• ISBN: 1-315-47832-3; 1-315-47833-1; 1-315-47831-5; 1-84465-875-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806182003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Bible world (London, England)