Davis, Ellen F.

Scripture, culture, and agriculture an Agrarian reading of the Bible / [electronic resource] : Ellen F. Davis ; foreword by Wendell Berry. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2009. - xvii, 234 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-221) and indexes.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

9780511438424 (electronic bk.) 0511438427 (electronic bk.)


Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Land use--Biblical teaching.
Agricultural conservation--Biblical teaching.


Electronic books.

BS1199.L28 / D39 2009eb

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