Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 1990
132 pages
978-0-567-24903-6 (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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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-567-24903-6 (9780567249036)
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R. Norman Whybray
Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs
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08/2009
Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Person
The late was Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Studies at the Univeristy of Hull.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Section A. PROVERBS 10.1-22.16 AND 25-29
- 1. The Vocabulary of Wealth and Poverty
- a. Wealth, power and high social status
- b. Poverty and low social status
- c. Some features of the terminology
- 2. The Speakers and their Values
- a. The precariousness of life
- b. The vocabulary of disaster
- c. Hard work and contentment
- d. Generosity and oppression
- e. The work ethic
- f. The limited value of wealth
- g. The poor as God's creatures
- h. Slavery
- i. The 'royal' proverbs
- 3. Summary
- 4. Concluding Remarks
- a. Wider issues
- b. The question of consistency
- c. Redaction and reinterpretation
- d. Authority and social function
- Section B. OTHER COLLECTIONS OF SHORT PROVERBS
- 1. Proverbs 24.23-24
- 2. Miscellaneous Pieces in Proverbs 1-9
- 3. Proverbs 30
- Section C. PROVERBS 22.17-24.22
- Section D. PROVERBS 1-9
- Section E. PROVERBS 31.1-9
- Section F. PROVERBS 31.10-31
- Section G. WEALTH AND POVERTY IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical References
- Index of Authors
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