TABLE OF CONTENTS

Forward

Preface

Introduction

 

Part I: Transcendence/Presence (1:1-5)

1. A Transcendent Yet Present God

 

Part II: Hierarchy/Representation (1:6-4:49)

2. A Delayed Inheritance

3. Delegated Authority and Social Order

4. The Face of Man

5. Bureaucratic Counsel

6. The Skills of Foreign Trade

7. Transferring the Inheritance

8. Evangelism Through Law

9. Hear, Fear, and Testify

10. Removing the Inheritance

 

Part III: Ethics/Boundaries (5-26)

11. Judicial Continuity

12. Sabbath and Liberation

13. Law and Sanctions

14. The Wealth of Nations

15. Law and Inheritance

16. Genocide and Inheritance

17. By Law or By Promise?

18. Miracles, Entropy, and Social Theory

19. Chastening and Inheritance

20. Overcoming Poverty

21. The Covenantal Ideal of Economic Growth

22. Disinheriting the Heirs

23. Overcoming the Visible Odds

24. Inheritance, Servitude, and Sonship

25. Sonship, Inheritance, and Immigration

26. Oath, Sanctions, and Inheritance

27. Rain and Inheritance

28. Law, Sanctions, and Inheritance

29. Common Grace and Legitimate Inheritance

30. Communal Meals and National Incorporation

31. Disinheriting Canaan's Gods

32. The Lure of Magic: Something for Nothing

33. Commerce and Covenant

34. Tithes of Celebration

35. The Charitable Loan

36. Consuming Capital in Good Faith

37. Individual Blessing and National Feasting

38. Casuistry and Inheritance

39. Israel's Supreme Court

40. Boundaries on Kingship

41. Levitical Inheritance Through Separation

42. Landmarks and Social Cooperation

43. The Penalty for Perjury

44. A Hierarchy of Commitments

45. A Few Good Men

46. Limits to Empire

47. Fruit Trees as Covenantal Testimonies

48. Double Portion, Double Burden

49. Executing a Rebellious Son

50. Lost and Found

51. Nature's Roots and Fruits

52. The Rooftop Railing Law

53. Laws Prohibiting Mixtures

54. The Fugitive Slave Law

55. Usury Authorized

56. Vows, Contracts, and Productivity

57. Free for the Picking

58. Collateral, Servitude, and Dignity

59. Wages and Oppression

60. Gleaning: Charitable Inefficiency

61. Unmuzzling the Working Ox

62. Levirate Marriage and Family Name

63. Just Weights and Justice

64. The Firstfruits Offering: A Token Payment

65. Positive Confession and Corporate Sanctions

 

Part IV: Oath/Sanctions (27-30)

66. Landmark and Curse

67. Objective Wealth and Historical Progress

68. The Covenant of Prosperity

69. Captivity and Restoration

70. Life and Dominion

 

Part V: Succession/Inheritance (31-33)

71. Courage and Dominion

72. Law and Liberty

73. A Song of Near-Disinheritance

Conclusion

Appendix A - Modem Economics as a Form of Magic

Appendix B - Individualism, Holism, and Covenantalism

Appendix C - Syncretism, Pluralism, and Empire

Appendix D - The Demographics of American Judaism: A Study in Disinheritance

Appendix E - Free Market Capitalism

Appendix F -The Economic Re-Education of Ronald J. Sider

Index