Land, Credit and Crisis

By Philippe Guillaume

Release : 2016-09-17

Genre : Ancient History, Books, History, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Bible Studies

Kind : ebook

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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.

Land, Credit and Crisis

By Philippe Guillaume

Release : 2016-09-17

Genre : Ancient History, Books, History, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Bible Studies

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
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.

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