Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs
Description
This is not a sociological study in the technical sense. Its aim is simply to review the internal evidence of a single Old Testament book about attitudes towards what is now universally recognized as one of the most serious problems facing the world today: the unequal distribution of this world's goods. The study shows that there are some fundamental assumptions common to all sections of Proverbs: that wealth, unless acquired by dishonest or unscrupulous means, is a good rather than an evil, and that poverty as a feature of society is an evil which may to some extent be alleviated in particular cases but for which there is no universal cure.
Product details
| Published | 01 Oct 1990 |
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| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 132 |
| ISBN | 9780567249036 |
| Imprint | Sheffield Academic Press |
| Series | The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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