Credit and Usury in Jewish Society in the Mishnah and Talmud / Ben Zion Rosenfeld.

Ben Tsiyon Rozenfeld, Haim Perlmutter (Translator)

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLeiden, The Netherlands
PublisherBrill
EditionFirst edition.
ISBN (Print)90-04-68196-5
StatePublished - 2024

Publication series

NameThe Brill Reference Library of Judaism Series ; Volume 75
PublisherBrill

Keywords

  • Interest (Jewish law)

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