Tight Fists or Open Hands?: Wealth and Poverty in Old Testament Law

by David L. Baker

Book Overview

Any Christian response to today's ever-growing problem of poverty around the globe must be firmly rooted in biblical teaching. While books on various aspects of wealth and poverty in the Old and New Testaments have been published, so far there has been no thorough study of Old Testament law on the topic. David Baker argues here that an understanding of that law is not only fundamental for interpreting the entire Old Testament, but it is also assumed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802862837
• ISBN13: 9780802862839
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 435 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"