A reflection on the nature and theological basis for poverty and debt laws in the Pentateuch
Biblical laws were written to protect the poor from exploitation and to help them escape the cycle of poverty. These laws were not implemented via government agency, but through kinship networks. The underlying theology/ideology emphasized the moral obligation of the helper rather than the moral int...
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Language: | English |
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Sage
2014
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Review and expositor
Year: 2014, Volume: 111, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-195 |
Further subjects: | B
laws of Eshnunna
B poverty and debt in OT B Mosaic Law B laws of Hammurabi B wealth and poverty in the Pentateuch |
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