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WealthWatch : a study of socioeconomic conflict in the Bible / Michael S. Moore ; with a foreword by Baruch A. Levine.

Moore, Michael S.
2011
261.85 M823w 2011
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Title
WealthWatch : a study of socioeconomic conflict in the Bible / Michael S. Moore ; with a foreword by Baruch A. Levine.
Author
Moore, Michael S.
ISBN
1610972961
9781610972963
Imprint
Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, c2011.
Language
English
Description
xv, 303 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
261.85 M823w 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)733230314
(OCoLC)733230314
Summary
The purpose of this book is to help postmodern Westerners understand what the Bible has to say about wealth and possessions, its acquisition and protection, deprivation and slavery, corruption and hedonism, and even relations between management and labor. Focusing on Torah (the Pentateuch), it interprets this "great text" against other "great texts" in its literary-historical environment, including some epic poems from Mesopotamia, some Jewish texts from Syro-Palestine, and some Nazarene parables from the Greek New Testament.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-291) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
Socioeconomic conflict motifs in ancient Near Eastern epics
Socioeconomic conflict motifs in the Hebrew Bible
Socioeconomic conflict motifs in early Jewish texts
Socioeconomic conflict motifs in the Greek New Testament.
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