The Bible and Money: Economy and Socioeconomic Ethics in the Bible (Bible in the Modern World)
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
What 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
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.
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- Presents the researches of 18 international biblical scholars at Ansgarskolen’s Norwegian Summer Academy.
- Provides a comprehensive introduction to biblical economic ethics in general.
- Includes “Government and Economy in the Hebrew Bible: Taxes and Related Issues” among other titles.
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Economic Issues in the Old Testament
- ‘In our Image’: Our Creational Identity and Economic Conflict
- Give Willingly and Do Not Expect Anything? A Biblical View on Loans and Interest
- Two Categories of Loans in the Old Testament: Subsistence Loans without Interest and Productive Loans with Interest
- Benevolence beyond Duty and the Biblical Instructions on Manumission
- King Solomon’s Different Faces: King Solomon the Sage and his Political and Economic Arrangements
- The Prophets on Trade: Did They Consider It a Canaanite Affair?
- Cohesion, Distribution and Hybrid Identity in Nehemiah 5
- State and Temple Economy in the Levant in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods
- Government and Economy in the Hebrew Bible: Taxes and Related Matters. An Overview, with Some Conclusions concerning Current Issues
- Theological Anthropology and the Metaphysics of Money
- Part II Economic Issues in the New Testament
- ‘Good News Is Preached to the Poor’: Economic Aspects of the Gospel Message in Luke–Acts
- Divine Plenty, Human Thriftiness: A Canonical Reading of (Un)Limited Resources
- ‘Transparency Intercongregational’: Financial Transparency in Paul’s Collection for the Saints in Jerusalem
- Greed or Self Interest? Economic Lessons from First-Century Writings
- Part III Economic Issues in Both Testaments
- Economics and Poverty: Negotiating the Spectrum of Personal Wealth or Shared Resources
- Part IV From Exegesis to Reception History: Biblical Views on Economic Issues in the Reformation Period AND Today
- Ecology and Economy of Shmita (Exodus 23.10-11; Leviticus 25.1-7; Deuteronomy 15.1-6): Biblical Texts and Contemporary Judaism
- Proportionate and Sufficient Wealth: Engaging the New Testament and the Welfare State within the British Tradition
- Heinrich Bullinger’s Biblical Economy: Overview and Significance
- Part V Current Economic Issues As A Context For Biblical Studies
- Doing Biblical Studies in Poverty Contexts: Some African Experiences and Concerns
- Index of References
- Index of Authors