ISBN:
9789004681965
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XI, 254 Seiten)
Year of publication:
2024
Series Statement:
The Brill reference library of Judaism volume 75
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Rozenfeld, Ben Tsiyon, 1948 - Credit and usury in Jewish society in the Mishnah and Talmud
Keywords:
Talmud Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Interest (Jewish law)
;
Jews Economic conditions
;
Zinsverbot
;
Talmud
;
Mishnah
Abstract:
"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"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Credit in Rome and Persia -- Credit and Usury in Jewish Society in Palestine and Babylon -- Money for Money -- Money for Fruit -- Fruit for Money -- Fruit for Fruit --The Sages' Attitude toward Those Involved in Usury.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004681965
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