The Bible and Money: Economy and Socioeconomic Ethics in the Bible - Hardcover

by Markus Zehnder (Editor), Hallvard Hagelia (Editor)

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.