Bible and Money: Economy and Socioeconomic Ethics in the Bible

Title

Bible and Money: Economy and Socioeconomic Ethics in the Bible

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School/Department

Talbot School of Theology

Description

hat does the Bible say about money? This volume presents the researches of 18 international biblical scholars at Ansgarskolen´s Norwegian Summer Academy for Biblical Studies. Papers include:

- The Prophets on Trade: Did They Consider it a Canaanite Affair?

- Two Categories of Loans in the Old Testament

- Give Willingly and Do Not Expect Anything? A Biblical View on Loans and Interest

- Government and Economy in the Hebrew Bible: Taxes and Related Issues / Markus Zehnder pp. 144-174

- State and Temple Economy in the Levant in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods

- Economics and Poverty: Negotiating the Spectrum of Personal Wealth or Shared Resources

- Proportionate and Sufficient Wealth: Financial Transparency in Paul's Collection for the Saints in Jerusalem

- Engaging the New Testament and the Welfare State

- Divine Plenty, Human Thriftiness: A Canonical Reading of (Un)Limited Resources

This unusual volume is a useful resource for researchers, but also a coursebook to be used in the classroom and a comprehensive introduction to biblical economic ethics in general.

Keywords

Money -- Biblical teaching; Poverty -- Biblical teaching; Wealth -- Biblical teaching;

ISBN

978-1910928752

Publication Date

11-25-2020

Document Type

Book

Publisher

Sheffield Phoenix Press

City

Sheffield

Bible and Money: Economy and Socioeconomic Ethics in the Bible


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