Coomber Re-Reading the Prophets Through Corporate Globalization

A Cultural-Evolutionary Approach to Economic Injustice in the Hebrew Bible
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4632-2389-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 343 Seiten

Reihe: Biblical Intersections

Using societal patterns of exploitation that are evidenced in agrarian societies from the Bronze Age to modern-day corporate globalization, Re-Reading the Prophets offers a new approach to understanding the hidden contexts behind prophetic complaints against economic injustice in eighth-century Judah.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coomber, Matthew J. M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Dedication Page (page 5)
- Table of Contents (page 7)
- Preface (page 11)
- Acknowledgments (page 13)
- Abbreviations (page 17)
- 1Introduction: The Lost Contexts of Eighth-Century Prophecy (page 19)
- A. Traditional Interpretations of Landownership Abuse in Eighth-Century Judah (page 22)
- Biblical Commentary on Mic. 2.1…2 and Isa. 5.8…10 (page 23)
- Mic. 2.1…2 (page 25)
- Isa. 5.8…10 (page 31)
- 2Cultural-Evolutionary Theory and Economic Motivation (page 51)
- A. Foundations and Development of Cultural-Evolutionary Theory (page 54)
- Reactions to Xenophobia in Early Cultural-Evolutionary Theory (page 57)
- The Theory of Multilinear Evolution (page 61)
- B. Motivations for Economic Behavior (page 64)
- The Substantivist/Structuralist Schools (page 65)
- The Formalist/Ecological Schools (page 70)
- Structuralism and the Ecological in the Context of Biblical Interpretation (page 74)
- C. The Development of Political Economies in Subsistence Communities (page 78)
- Economic Strategy in Subsistence Agriculture (page 78)
- Causes and Consequences of Adaptation (page 80)
- Negative Consequences of a Strengthened Political Economy (page 84)
- D. The Interpretive Value of Cultural-Evolutionary Theory in Biblical Studies (page 89)
- Chaney's and Premnath's use of Cultural-Evolutionary Theory (page 91)
- 3Trade and Transformation in the Ancient World (page 95)
- A. Effects of Interregional Trade in the Bronze Age (page 97)
- Cycles of Urbanism and Trade in the EarlyBronze Age (page 99)
- Middle Bronze Age Cycles (page 103)
- Evidence of Societal Transformation in the Bronze Age (page 105)
- Latifundialization in the Wider Ancient Near Eastern Context (page 110)
- B. Eighth-Century Palestine and Neo-Assyrian Expansion (page 115)
- The Revitalization of Ekron (page 116)
- Ashkelon in the Assyrian Trade Nexus (page 124)
- C. Judah's Entrance into an Eighth-Century World System (page 129)
- Societal Transformation in Judah (page 131)
- Eighth-Century Judean Transformation as Cultural Evolution (page 141)
- 4Twentieth-Century Corporate Globalization (page 153)
- A. The Development of Twentieth-Century Corporate Globalization (page 156)
- Development of the IMF and the World Bank (page 158)
- Bretton Woods' Vision Versus Actualization (page 162)
- Conditionality and Social Change in the Developing World (page 167)
- B. The 1980s Debt Crisis and Cultural-Evolutionary Theory (page 178)
- The Roots of the Debt Crisis (page 179)
- Crisis Management and Perpetuation (page 182)
- Attempts to Address the Negative Outcomes ofStructural Adjustment (page 189)
- C. Conclusion (page 191)
- 5Reshaping Landownership in Tunisia (page 197)
- A. A Brief Introduction to Land Tenure in Tunisia (page 197)
- Why Tunisia Is a Useful Case Study (page 198)
- Traditional Land Tenure in Rural Tunisia (page 200)
- B. French Prologue to Land Abuses in Independent Tunisia (page 203)
- Effects of Colonialism on Tunisian Subsistence Farmers (page 205)
- C. Tunisian Independence and Land Reforms (page 207)
- The Privatization of Traditional Collectives (page 208)
- 1950s Land Reforms and Cultural-Evolutionary Theory (page 215)
- D. The 1960s Néo-Destourian Socialist Experiment (page 221)
- The Rise of Néo-Destour Socialism (page 222)
- The Failings and Collapse of Néo-Destourian Socialism (page 224)
- Socialist Destour and Cultural-Evolutionary Theory (page 228)
- E. Privatization, Liberalization, and Oppression in the 1970s (page 229)
- Land Privatization (page 229)
- Acceptance of World Bank Conditions (page 232)
- Policy Failures, Resistance, and Violent Oppression (page 234)
- Policies of the 1970s and Cultural-Evolutionary Theory (page 235)
- F. Solidification of Societal Change in the 1980s and Its Consequences on Standards of Living (page 238)
- Effects of Accelerated Liberalization on Public Heath (page 240)
- Effects of Accelerated Liberalization on Wealth Discrepancy (page 241)
- Accelerated Liberalization and Cultural-Evolutionary Theory (page 242)
- G. Conclusion (page 243)
- 6Insights to Be Gained through the Modern Context (page 245)
- A. Introduction (page 245)
- What Globalization and Tunisia Might Contribute (page 246)
- B. The Voices of the Oppressed (page 250)
- Displacement of Subsistence Farmers and Altered Social Relations (page 251)
- The Poorest of the Poor (page 255)
- Observations of an Educated Peasant (page 263)
- Contempt for the Poor amongst the Elite (page 268)
- An Alternative Perspective (page 270)
- C. Shifts in Regional Power Structures (page 273)
- Tunisian Power-Shifts and the Prophetic Texts (page 276)
- Potential Motivations behind the Composition of Isa. 5.8…10 and Mic. 2.1…2 (page 278)
- D. Conclusion (page 282)
- 7Conclusion (page 283)
- A. What Has Been Discovered (page 284)
- The Contextual Problem and the Use of Cultural Evolution (page 284)
- Historical and Archaeological Precedence (page 286)
- The Evolution of World Systems into the Modern Day (page 289)
- Modern-Day Corporate Globalization and Tunisia (page 290)
- The Value of This Interdisciplinary Approach (page 293)
- B. Contributions Offered by This Study (page 294)
- The Issue of Perpetrators and Victims (page 294)
- C. Potential for Future Study (page 299)
- Bibliography (page 303)
- Index (page 333)