Peasants, Prophets, and Political Economy

By Marvin L. Chaney

Book Overview

Contents 1 Ancient Palestinian Peasant Movements and the Formation of Premonarchic Israel 2 Joshua 3 Coveting Your Neighbor's House in Social Context 4 Systemic Study of the Israelite Monarchy 5 Debt Easement in Israelite History and Tradition 6 The Political Economy of Peasant Poverty 7 Bitter Bounty: The Dynamics of Political Economy Critiqued by the Eighth-Century Prophets 8 Whose Sour Grapes? The Addressees of Isaiah 5:1-7 9 Accusing Whom of What? Hosea's Rhetoric of Promiscuity 10 Producing Peasant Poverty: Debt Instruments in Amos 2:6b-8, 13-16 11 Micah--Models Matter: Political Economy and Micah 6:9-15 12 Review of Roland Boer, The Sacred Economy

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532604416
• ISBN13: 9781532604416
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"