Philippe Guillaume

Broschiertes Buch

Land, Credit and Crisis

Agrarian Finance in the Hebrew Bible

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Philippe Guillaume is a trained agriculturalist, theologian and biblical archaeologist, and has taught Old Testament/Hebrew Bible in Switzerland, Lebanon and England. He is currently writing a Habilitationsschrift at the University of Berne.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9781845539283
• ISBN-10: 1845539281
• Artikelnr.: 42954497