It is ironic that the result of modern economics, which is supposed to maximize everyone’s wealth, is oppression of the poor.
Ecclesiastes has something to say on the oppression of the poor. See if you can perceive any 21st century applications:
Ecclesiastes 4:1-6
I saw the tears of the oppressed – and they have no comforter;Â power was on the side of their oppressors – and they have no comforter.
And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.
But better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
And I saw that all labour and all achievement spring from man’s envy of his neighbour. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.
Better one handful of tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
Ветхозаветная литература мудрости, несмотря на все свои международные связи и ассимиляции, твердо занимает центральное место в потоке яхвистской веры Израиля.
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Translation: “The Old Testament wisdom literature, in spite of all the international contacts and assimilation, firmly occupies a central place in the Yahwehist faith of Israel.”
I agree with your statement. I believe it is much more important in the development of Israel’s faith, ethics and religious culture than is generally recognized in the West.
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