Land, Credit and Crisis

Download or read book Land, Credit and Crisis written by Philippe Guillaume and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land, Credit and Crisis presents a new understanding of the financial culture of the Bible. Biblical Palestine was characterized by an over-abundance of arable land combined with a chronic lack of manpower and agricultural credit - circumstances which lead to much prophetic fulminating against merchants and the rich. The book reveals how the financial instruments and institutions of the time reflected a tough economic realism and argues that the image of the biblical prophet as a champion of social justice must be revised.