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- Publisher:
- Acumen Publishing
- Online publication date:
- May 2014
- Print publication year:
- 2012
- Online ISBN:
- 9781844658756
- Series:
- BibleWorld
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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