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

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 | #140435 in Books |  Cambridge University Press |  2008-10-13 |  2008-11-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.98 x.59 x5.98l,.80 | File type: PDF | 254 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Loving What God Loves|By Scot F. Martin|If you think the Bible is only concerned with "saving souls" you haven't been reading it the way many Jews and Christians from the past have. Davis makes the cogent case that the Bible is just as concerned with how we treat the land with how we treat our neighbor. She focuses mostly on the OT, but touches on the NT and brings home her a| |"The biblical writers were familiar with disputes over land use and land care, and the economics of food production were critical to their perspective. Reading the Bible from this perspective opens up dialogue with contemporary agrarians like Wendell Berry, wh

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 Jewis...

You easily download any file type for your device.Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible   |  Ellen F. Davis. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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