You Shall Not Steal: Community and Property in the Biblical TraditionThe biblical injunction not to steal is often used to defend the notion of inviolable private property and the right to accumulate great wealth. The author demonstrates that this is a misuse of the biblical text and that, on the contrary, the commandment's purpose was to guarantee everyone's right to basic necessities of life. |
Contents
Chapter | 3 |
Chapter | 10 |
Chapter 3 | 32 |
Summary of Part One | 48 |
Chapter 5 | 67 |
Chapter 6 | 86 |
Chapter 7 | 100 |
Chapter 8 | 113 |
Abbreviations | 125 |
Works Cited | 139 |
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Ahab almsgiving Amos ancient Near East believe Bible biblical tradition Boecker called Canaan Canaanite century B.C. Christians church fathers cities city-state Code of Hammurabi command covenant covenant code created culture debt release debt-slavery Deut Deuteronomic reform Deuteronomy divine early economic Egypt Eshnunna exile Exod Exodus fallow foreign habiru Hebrew Hengel human need Hyatt ideal idealistic idem implies individual institution Israel Israelite Jerusalem Jesus Jewish jubilee legislation Judah Judaism justice king kingdom land later law codes Leviticus loans Loewenstamm Lord Luke Luke-Acts Mayes Mendelsohn Mesopotamia modern movement Naboth Old Testament oppression owner ownership pastoralists peasants period persons political possessions postexilic poverty practice private property prophets protect radical redistribution reference reflect Religion religious Rylaarsdam Sabbath Samaria scholars sell seventh slave release slavery social society sold Solomon steal Ten Commandments theft theologians theological tion Ugarit Vaux villages vineyard wealth Weber Yahweh Yahwistic