"They Covet Fields and Houses … and Seize Them": Interpreting Micah 2:2 in Light of Economic Deprivation for Holding on to Power in Nigeria
Micah 2:2 condemns the injustice of land grabbing in eighth-century Israel. Contrary to the traditional perception that each clan’s land belonged to it as a permanent inheritance, by the eighth century BCE land had become a commodity that could be bought and sold, or even seized. The article examine...
| Subtitles: | General Articles |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Unisa Press
2022
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| In: |
Journal for semitics
Year: 2022, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-18 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Micha 2,2
/ Land
/ Tree trunk (Ethnology)
/ Heir (Person)
/ Nigeria
/ Exploitation
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
land grabbing
B democracy in Nigeria B electoral violence B Prophet Micah B economic exploitation |
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