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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2011-08-01
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| author | Philippe Guillaume |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-28ea800598374316a47aa948b63e88fd2023-03-22T22:46:54ZengUniversity of Alberta LibraryJournal of Hebrew Scriptures1203-15422011-08-011010.5508/jhs.2010.v10.a8Nehemiah 5: No Economic CrisisPhilippe GuillaumeThe 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.https://jhsonline.org/index.php/jhs/article/view/11269 |
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