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020 $a9781610972963
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050 4 $aBS670$b.M66 2011
100 1 $aMoore, Michael S.
245 10 $aWealthwatch :$ba study of socioeconomic conflict in the Bible /$cMichael S. Moore ; with a foreword by Baruch A. Levine.
246 3 $aWealth watch
260 $aEugene, Or. :$bPickwick Publications,$cc2011.
300 $axv, 303 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-291) and indexes.
505 0 $aSocioeconomic 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.
520 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aEconomics in the Bible.
630 00 $aBible.$pPentateuch$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
630 00 $aBible.$pLuke$xParables.
650 0 $aMiddle Eastern literature$xRelation to the Old Testament.
630 00 $aGilgamesh$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
630 00 $aAtrahasis (Old Babylonian epic)$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 0 $aEconomics$xMoral and ethical aspects.
852 00 $buts$hBS670$i.M66 2011g