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title: 'The Old Testament in Its Relation to Social Reform'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Philip Vollmer'
date: 1896-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Hermeneutics'
- 'Social Issues'
- 'Biblical History'
scriptures:
- 'Leviticus 25'
- 'Deuteronomy 17'
- 'Luke 14'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/vollmer-1896-the-old-testament-in-its-relation-to-social-reform
---

# The Old Testament in Its Relation to Social Reform

Argues the Old Testament—Jubilee, sabbatical laws, charity and stewardship—provides practical principles to address property, poverty and class tensions amid rising socialism.

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