Nehemiah 5: no economic crisis
The crisis described in Nehemiah 5 serves as the literary backdrop for the presentation of Nehemiah as the paradigmatic generous patron. Current social-scientific exegesis of the HB tends to use Nehemiah 5 to support the notion of a structural economic crisis in Yehud. This article argues that Nehem...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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The National Library of Canada
2010
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The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Year: 2010, Volume: 10, Pages: 2-21 |
IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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Summary: | The crisis described in Nehemiah 5 serves as the literary backdrop for the presentation of Nehemiah as the paradigmatic generous patron. Current social-scientific exegesis of the HB tends to use Nehemiah 5 to support the notion of a structural economic crisis in Yehud. This article argues that Nehemiah 5 and these social-scientific readings make excellent theology but poor economic history. |
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ISSN: | 1203-1542 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5508/jhs.2010.v10.a8 |