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Can we know how the ancient Israelites conceived of “the good life?” In this his final work, Norman Whybray brings his considerable learning to this question, in a social and theological study of the Hebrew Bible. He discovers that, far from giving a faint or undifferentiated picture of “the good life,” the books of the Old Testament each yield a distinct impression of what this life entails,...

supremely important that they should possess a territory of their own in which they could live in safety from hostile attack or invasion. The attainment and preservation of national security required that they should have the ability to defend themselves and their territorial possessions; and that involved some degree of power. Further, their land must be sufficiently fertile to produce an adequate supply of food. This was not always the case: there was a constant danger of famine in that part of
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