Land, Credit and Crisis: Agrarian Finance in the Hebrew Bible
Land, Credit and Crisis: Agrarian Finance in the Hebrew Bible (BibleWorld) by Philippe Guillaume
2012 | ISBN: 1845539281, 1845539273 | English | 304 pages | EPUB | 13 MB
2012 | ISBN: 1845539281, 1845539273 | English | 304 pages | EPUB | 13 MB
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.