01011nam a2200169Ia 4500 230823s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97805217322390521732239 eng BS1199.L28 .D39 2009 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. Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Old Testament. 46639 46639