Community and Property in the Biblical Tradition

by Robert Karl Gnuse

• Biblical Studies & Commentaries

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Published: 2011

Publisher's Description

The biblical injunction not to steal is often used to defend the notion of inviolable private property and the right to accumulate great wealth. The author demonstrates that this is a misuse of the biblical text and that, on the contrary, the commandment's purpose was to guarantee everyone's right to basic necessities of life.