Wealthwatch: A Study of Socioeconomic Conflict in the Bible (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498259996)

The purpose of this book is to help postmodern Westerners understand what the Bible has to say about wealth and possessions, basing itself on the presumption that (a) nobody can understand themselves apart from some recognition of their spiritual roots, and (b) that these roots sink deeper into the pages of the Bible than most Westerners realize. Focusing upon that part of the Bible most widely recognized to be its ideological core--that which is called Torah by some, Pentateuch by others--it interprets this "great text" against other "great texts" in its literary-historical environment, including (a) some epic poems from Mesopotamia, (b) some Jewish texts from Syria-Palestine, and (c) some Nazarene parables from the Greek New Testament.

Author: Michael S. Moore
ISBN-10: 1498259995
ISBN-13: 9781498259996
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Language: English
Published: 05/12/2011
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d