Contents This Book: (I) Horizons: God and the Poor in the Ancient Near East: The Biblical-Theological Horizon of the Biblical Declaration of God's Special Concern for the Poor; The Contemporary Social Horizon of the Biblical Declaration of God's Special Concern for the Poor. (II) The Exodus Story: God on the Side of the Poor: The Limits of the Ancient Near Eastern Option for the Poor; The Exodus: Prototype of God's Concern for the Poor; The Exodus Theology and Israel's Historical Beginnings. (III) God and the Poor in the Bible: Zephaniah and the Future Israel of the Poor; The Gospel for the Poor in Deutero and Trito Isaiah; The Path of the Gospel for the Poor through the Old Testament; The Poor of Yahweh in the New Testament.