'Who Gives You the Power to Get Wealth': Economics and the Hebrew Bible in the Past Decade.

This article provides a comprehensive overview of scholarship from 2013 to 2023 on economic aspects in Hebrew Bible studies, focusing on models of ancient economies, production components (land, labor, and debt), and the flow of resources through temple and royal administration. It surveys various economic models, including Marxist approaches like Boer's "sacred economy," New Institutional Economics (NIE), and hybrid frameworks that address the complexity of ancient economic systems. The article highlights the centrality of land access and labor relations, including the roles of women, children, strangers, and persons with disabilities, as well as the pervasive influence of debt in connecting labor and land within extractive regimes. Finally, it examines the intertwined economic roles of temples and monarchies in resource redistribution, taxation, and labor organization, situating these within broader imperial contexts such as Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian administrations.