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by Matthew J. M. Coomber (Editor)
Over the past few decades the study of biblical economics has developed into an important subfield of biblical studies. This subfield uses textual and archaeological evidence to uncover the economic realities behind biblical literature, resulting in greater understandings of the lives and possible intentions of those individuals and communities that composed these religious texts, and also of their potential relevance (or lack thereof) to the communities that continue to receive them. Economics and Empire in the Roman World has brought together eight scholars of biblical economics to create a repository of what is understood about the socioeconomic realities of those who penned and first received what were to become the Christian scriptures. In addition to serving the research and teaching interests of biblical scholars, this volume has also been created for the benefit of economic historians, anthropologists, and sociologists.
Author Biography
Matthew J. M. Coomber is professor of biblical studies and theology at St. Ambrose University and an Episcopal priest. His publications include Re-Reading the Prophets through Corporate Globalization (2010; paperback ed., Cascade Books, 2022) and Bible and Justice (2011). He is coeditor of Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha (2014) and the editor of Economics and Empire in the Ancient Near East: Guide to the Bible and Economics, Volume 1 (Cascade Books, 2023). He also serves as editor of the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice Series Guide to Bible and Economics (Cascade Books) and is the series editor of the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice Series (Cascade Books).
