Davis, Ellen F.

Scripture, culture, and agriculture : an agrarian reading of the Bible / Ellen F. Davis - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 - xvii, 234 p. ; 23 cm.

Rupture 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.

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BS1199.L28 / .D39 2009