Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs
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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Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs
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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Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs

Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs

by R. Norman Whybray
Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs

Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs

by R. Norman Whybray

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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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441153746
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 11/01/2009
Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies , #99
Pages: 132
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

The late was Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Studies at the Univeristy of Hull.
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