The Economic Approach to Reconstructing the Bible

Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
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Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto: University of Leicester

Chapter 1 in Is God an Economist?, 2009, pp 11-44 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter prepares the economic reconstruction of the stories of the Old Testament. The key thesis I advance is that the Old Testament aims at economic questions of societal contracting, nation-building, international relations and constitutional and institutional ordering in general. The resolution of social conflict and cooperation problems is seemingly the goal. From here, one can derive modern principles from the Old Testament for solving cooperation problems in contemporary settings of social conflict, such as the multicultural society or the international community.

Keywords: Incentive Structure; Economic Approach; Social Conflict; Moral Disagreement; Institutional Problem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230234093_2

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