Scripture, culture, and agriculture
Subtitle: an agrarian reading of the Bible
By: Ellen F. Davis.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780521518345; 9780521732239
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Land use -- Biblical teaching; Agricultural conservation -- Biblical teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Rupture and re-membering; title: Reading the Bible through agrarian eyes; title: Seeing with God : Israel's poem of creation; title: Leaving Egypt behind : embracing the wilderness economy; title: A wholesome materiality : reading Leviticus; title: Covenantal economics : the biblical case for a local economy; title: Running on poetry : the agrarian prophets; title: Wisdom or sloth? : the character of work; title: The faithful city.