
Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs
R. Norman Whybray(Author)
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Published on 1. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
132 pages
978-1-4411-5374-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
216 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-5374-6 (9781441153746)
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R. Norman Whybray
Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs
E-Book
10/1990
1st Edition
Sheffield Academic Press
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Person
The late was Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Studies at the Univeristy of Hull.