Taxation in Ancient Israel

by drmsheiser | Feb 6, 2010

Pretty informative article. I came across it while prepping for a course I'm teaching at the local university next quarter (Ancient Cities).

Editor's note: Abstract from the article by Robert A. Oden, Jr, included below:

ABSTRACT
This essay represents an initial attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the systems of taxation described and/or mandated in the Hebrew Bible for various periods in ancient Israel. Beyond this preliminary descriptive task, a concentration here is upon the ethical evaluation of these taxation systems - evaluations both according to voices within the Hebrew Bible and according to the general criteria of freedom, equity, and distributive justice.

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by | Jan 9, 2018 |

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2 Comments

  1. Nobunaga
    Nobunaga on February 7, 2010 at 2:45 am

    “at its heart taxation is a moral issue,” that “behind the mute figures of tax tables lie important moral decisions about social values, about fairness and justice”

    i’m going to stop myself from going on a political rant here.

  2. MSH
    MSH on February 7, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    @Nobunaga:

    yeah; one wonders what sort of fairness he’s talking about (it’s an old article).