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Credit and usury in Jewish society in the Mishnah and Talmud
Title
Credit and usury in Jewish society in the Mishnah and Talmud / by Ben Zion Rosenfeld.
ISBN
9789004681958
9004681957
9789004681965
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]
Physical Description
xi, 254 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version : Rosenfeld, Ben Zion. Credit and usury in Jewish society in the Mishnah and Talmud Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 12, 2024
Series
Brill reference library of Judaism ; volume 75.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
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