Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-293) and indexes.

Introduction: a material faith -- Israel's core narrative: no coveting! -- Deuteronomy: the great either/or of neighborliness -- The contest: Joshua, Judges, I & II Samuel, I & II Kings -- Empire and extraction: I and II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah -- The Psalms: Torah, temple, wisdom -- Proverbs and Job: wise beyond smart -- The prophets: wealth ill-gotten and lost, wealth given again -- The five scrolls: scripts of loss and hope, commodity and agency -- The gospels: performance of an alternative economy -- Acts: community amid empire -- Paul: life in the land of divine generosity -- The pastoral epistles: order in the household -- The letter of James: the deep either/or of practice -- The Book of Revelation: the ultimate alternative.