Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs

By Roger Norman Whybray

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441153748
• ISBN13: 9781441153746
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"