Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs

Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 133
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ISBN-10 : 9780567249036
ISBN-13 : 0567249034
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Book Synopsis Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs by : R. Norman Whybray

Download or read book Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs written by R. Norman Whybray and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1990-10-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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