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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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2024
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The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism (volume 75)
Année: 2024 |
| Recensions: | [Rezension von: Rozenfeld, Ben Tsiyon, 1948-, Credit and usury in Jewish society in the Mishnah and Talmud] (2024) (Hezser, Catherine, 1960 -)
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| Collection/Revue: | The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism
volume 75 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Interdiction du prêt à intérêt
/ Talmud
/ Mishnah
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Jews (Palestine)
Economic conditions
B Interest (Jewish law) B Talmud Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | "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"-- |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 254 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-68196-5 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004681965 |
