Reading Proverbs 13:23 in Texts and Contexts of Africa’s Poverty: A Theoretical Framework
The Masoretic text of Prov 13:23 (רָב־אֹ֭כֶל נִ֣יר רָאשִׁ֑ים וְיֵ֥שׁ נִ֜סְפֶּ֗ה בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּֽט) highlights the absence of mishpat (מִשְׁפָּט) as the cause of the poverty of the poor. This article reads Prov 13:23 in conversation with the contemporary conceptualisation of economic poverty. The c...
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Old Testament Society of South Africa
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Old Testament Essays |
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| Online Access: | https://ote-journal.otwsa-otssa.org.za/index.php/journal/article/view/492 |