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010 _a 2008027119
020 _a9780521518345 (alk. paper)
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020 _a9780521732239 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 _a0521732239 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn231580926
035 _a(OCoLC)231580926
035 _a290940
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050 0 0 _aBS1199.L28
_bD39 2009
082 0 0 _a261.8/8
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100 1 _aDavis, Ellen F.
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245 1 0 _aScripture, culture, and agriculture :
_ban Agrarian reading of the Bible /
_cEllen F. Davis ; foreword by Wendell Berry.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2009.
300 _axvii, 234 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-221) and indexes.
505 0 _aRupture and re-membering -- Reading the Bible through agrarian eyes -- Seeing with God : Israel's poem of creation -- Leaving Egypt behind : embracing the wilderness economy -- A wholesome materiality : reading Leviticus -- Covenantal economics : the biblical case for a local economy -- Running on poetry : the agrarian prophets -- Wisdom or sloth? : the character of work -- The faithful city
520 1 _a"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 Jewish and Christian traditions. Rather than seeking solutions from the past, Ellen F. Davis creates a conversation between ancient texts and contemporary agrarian writers; thus she provides a fresh perspective from which to view the destructive practices and assumptions that now dominate the global food economy. The biblical exegesis is wide-ranging and sophisticated; the language is literate and accessible to a broad audience."--Jacket.
650 0 _aLand use
_xBiblical teaching.
650 0 _aAgricultural conservation
_xBiblical teaching.
630 0 0 _aBible.
_pOld Testament
_xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
_9189176
776 0 8 _iOnline Version :
_t Scripture, culture, and agriculture
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