Davis, Ellen F.

Scripture, culture, and agriculture : an Agrarian reading of the Bible / Ellen F. Davis ; foreword by Wendell Berry. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - 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.

9780521732239 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2008027119


Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


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