Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture An Agrarian Reading of the Bible

Name: Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture An Agrarian Reading of the Bible
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ISBN: 9780521732239

ISBN-10: 0521732239

ISBN-13: 9780521732239

Edition: 2009

Authors: Ellen F. Davis

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This book examines the theology and ethics of land use, especially the practices of modern industrialized agriculture, in light of critical biblical exegesis. Nine interrelated essays explore the biblical writers' pervasive concern for the care of arable land against the background of the geography, social structures, and religious thought of ancient Israel. This approach consistently brings out neglected aspects of texts, both poetry and prose, that are central to Jewish and Christian traditions. Rather than seeking solutions from the past, Davis creates a conversation between ancient texts and contemporary agrarian writers; thus she provides a fresh perspective from which to view the…

Book details

List price: $37.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/13/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 254
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Ellen F. Davis is Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke University Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. She is the author of Who Are You, My Daughter? Reading Ruth Through Image and Text; Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs and Getting Involved with God; and Imagination Shaped.



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



Rupture and Re-membering



Reading the Bible Through Agrarian Eyes



Seeing with God: Israel's Poem of Creation



Leaving Egypt Behind: Embracing the Wilderness Economy



A Wholesome Materiality: Reading Leviticus



Convenantal Economics: The Biblical Case for a Local Economy



Running on Poetry: The Agrarian Prophets



Wisdom or Sloth? The Character of Work



The Faithful City


Postscript


Notes


Scripture Index


Index