Credit and usury in Jewish society in the Mishnah and Talmud

"Credit is the oxygen of every society. In many cases we wonder why the rabbis prohibit certain business credit transactions considering them usury. The writer uses literary and epigraphic sources to decipher the rabbinic approach. This book shows how rabbinic legislation innovatively expand th...

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主要作者: Rozenfeld, Ben Tsiyon 1948- (Author)
格式: 电子 图书
语言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: Leiden Boston Brill 2024
In: The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism (volume 75)
Year: 2024
评论:[Rezension von: Rozenfeld, Ben Tsiyon, 1948-, Credit and usury in Jewish society in the Mishnah and Talmud] (2024) (Hezser, Catherine, 1960 -)
丛编:The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism volume 75
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Zinsverbot / Talmud / Mishnah
Further subjects:B Jews (Palestine) Economic conditions
B Interest (Jewish law)
B Talmud Criticism, interpretation, etc
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总结:"Credit is the oxygen of every society. In many cases we wonder why the rabbis prohibit certain business credit transactions considering them usury. The writer uses literary and epigraphic sources to decipher the rabbinic approach. This book shows how rabbinic legislation innovatively expand the Torah prohibition of usury in loans to all fields of credit. It is a pioneering inquiry regarding rabbinic literature compiled under Roman and Sasanid rule, helping to fill the void in research concerning credit. It also distinguishes various kinds of credit differentiating credit of money for money, or products, exposing the ramifications of the rabbinic legislation"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
实物描述:1 Online-Ressource (XI, 254 Seiten)
ISBN:9004681965
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004681965