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The Bible and money : economy and socioeconomic ethics in the Bible / edited by Markus Zehnder and Hallvard Hagelia.

Contributor(s): Zehnder, Markus Philipp [editor.] | Hagelia, Hallvard, 1944- [editor.] | Ansgar teologiske høgskole [host institution.] | Norwegian Summer Academy for Biblical Studies (2018 : Kristiansand, Norway)
Material type: TextTextSeries: Bible in the modern world: 76.Publisher: [Sheffield] : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2020Copyright date: © 2020Description: xxx, 413 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781910928752; 1910928755Subject(s): Money -- Biblical teaching -- Congresses | Wealth -- Biblical teaching -- Congresses | Poverty -- Biblical teaching -- Congresses | Interest (Jewish law) -- Congresses | Slaves -- Emancipation -- Biblical teaching -- CongressesLOC classification: BS680.W38 | B53 2020Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Part I. Economic issues in the Old Testament. 'In our image': Our creational identity and economic conflict / J. Michael Thigpen -- Give willingly and do not expect anything? A biblical view on loans and interest / Joel Beyler -- Two categories of loans in the Old Testament: Subsistence loans without interest and productive loans with interest / Klaus Issler -- Benevolence beyond duty and the biblical instructions on manumission / Kenneth Bergland -- King Solomon's different faces: King Solomon the sage and his political and economic arrangements / Hallvard Hagelia -- The prophets on trade: Did they consider it a Canaanite affair? / Gert Kwakkel -- Cohesion, distribution and hybrid identity in Nehemiah 5 / Kristin Joachimsen -- State and temple economy in the Levant in the Persian and Hellenistic periods / Magnar Kartveit -- Government and economy in the Hebrew Bible: Taxes and related matters. An overview, with some conclusions concerning current issues / Markus Zehnder -- Theological anthropology and the metaphysics of money / Jens Bruun Kofoed -- Part II. Economic issues in the New Testament. 'Good news is preached to the poor': Economic aspects of the Gospel message in Luke-Acts / David J. Armitage -- Divine plenty, human thriftiness: A canonical reading of (un)limited resources / Dorothea H. Bertschmann -- 'Transparency Intercongregational': Financial transparency in Paul's collection for the saints in Jerusalem / Christoph Stenschke -- Greed or self-interest? Economic lessons from first-century writings / David S. Kotter -- Part III. Economic issues in both Testaments. Economics and poverty: Negotiating the spectrum of personal wealth or shared resources / Darrell Bock -- 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 / Tina Dyksteen Nilsen -- Proportionate and sufficient wealth: Engaging the New Testament and the welfare state within the British tradition / Timothy J. Murray -- Heinrich Bullinger's biblical economy: Overview and significance / Martin Hohl -- Part V. Current economic issues as a context for Biblical studies. Doing biblical studies in poverty contexts: Some African experiences and concerns / Knut Holter.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS680.W38 B53 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903558803

"The present volume contains the papers from the NSABS conference held in 2018, with the main theme 'The Bible and Money : Money in the Bible'."--Page xiii.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I. Economic issues in the Old Testament. 'In our image': Our creational identity and economic conflict / J. Michael Thigpen -- Give willingly and do not expect anything? A biblical view on loans and interest / Joel Beyler -- Two categories of loans in the Old Testament: Subsistence loans without interest and productive loans with interest / Klaus Issler -- Benevolence beyond duty and the biblical instructions on manumission / Kenneth Bergland -- King Solomon's different faces: King Solomon the sage and his political and economic arrangements / Hallvard Hagelia -- The prophets on trade: Did they consider it a Canaanite affair? / Gert Kwakkel -- Cohesion, distribution and hybrid identity in Nehemiah 5 / Kristin Joachimsen -- State and temple economy in the Levant in the Persian and Hellenistic periods / Magnar Kartveit -- Government and economy in the Hebrew Bible: Taxes and related matters. An overview, with some conclusions concerning current issues / Markus Zehnder -- Theological anthropology and the metaphysics of money / Jens Bruun Kofoed -- Part II. Economic issues in the New Testament. 'Good news is preached to the poor': Economic aspects of the Gospel message in Luke-Acts / David J. Armitage -- Divine plenty, human thriftiness: A canonical reading of (un)limited resources / Dorothea H. Bertschmann -- 'Transparency Intercongregational': Financial transparency in Paul's collection for the saints in Jerusalem / Christoph Stenschke -- Greed or self-interest? Economic lessons from first-century writings / David S. Kotter -- Part III. Economic issues in both Testaments. Economics and poverty: Negotiating the spectrum of personal wealth or shared resources / Darrell Bock -- 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 / Tina Dyksteen Nilsen -- Proportionate and sufficient wealth: Engaging the New Testament and the welfare state within the British tradition / Timothy J. Murray -- Heinrich Bullinger's biblical economy: Overview and significance / Martin Hohl -- Part V. Current economic issues as a context for Biblical studies. Doing biblical studies in poverty contexts: Some African experiences and concerns / Knut Holter.

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