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Title The Oxford handbook of Judaism and economics / edited by Aaron Levine
Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 690 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford handbooks
Oxford handbooks.
Contents Prologue Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Aaron Levine 1.: Economic Theory in the Bible 1. The Right of Return: The Biblical Law of Theft Eliakim Katz and Jacob Rosenberg 2. Eliezer the Matchmaker: Ethical Considerations and Modern Negotiation Theory Aaron Levine 3. Land Concentration, Efficiency, Slavery and the Jubilee Jacob Rosenberg and Avi Weiss 2.: Economic Theory in the Talmud 4. Risk and Incentives in the Iska Contract Jeffrey L. Callen 5. Externalities and Public Goods in the Talmud Ephraim Kleiman 6. An Extended Talmudic Search Model Yehoshua Liebermann 7. Optimal Precautions and the Law Of Fire Damages Jacob Rosenberg 8. Valuation in Jewish Law Keith Sharfman 9. Could What You Don't Know Hurt You? Information Asymmetry in Land Markets in Late Antiquity P.V.(Meylekh) Viswanath and Michael Szenberg 3.: Jewish Law, Ethics, and the Modern Society 10. Hetter Iska, the Permissible Venture: A Device to Avoid the Prohibition Against Interest-Bearing Loans J. David Bleich 11. Ethical Demands on Creditors in Jewish Tradition Yoel Domb 12. The Jewish Prohibition of Interest: Themes, Scopes, and Contemporary Applications Daniel Z. Feldman 13. Interloping Behavior in the Marketplace in Jewish Law Howard Jachter 14. Principles of Ethical and Communal Investment in Judaism -- A Jewish Law Approach Asher Meir 15. The Art of Moral Criticism: Rebuke in the Jewish Tradition and Beyond Moses L. Pava 16. "Know Before Whom You Stand" Trust, the Marketplace and Judaism Jonas Prager 17. Payment for Organ Donation in Jewish Law Fred Rosner and Edward Reichman 18. The Theory of "Efficient Breach": A Jewish Law Perspective Ronald Warburg 4.: Economic Public Policy and Jewish Law 19. Public and Private International Law From the Perspective of Jewish Law Michael J. Broyde 20. Jewish Environmental Ethics Yehuda L. Klein and Jonathan Weiser 21. The Global Recession of 2007-2009- The Moral factor And Jewish Law Aaron Levine 22. The Employee Free Choice Act, Unions and Unionizing in Jewish Law Dani Rapp 23. Rabbinic Responses to Rapid Inflation in Israel, 1973-1985 Daniel Schiffman 24. Jewish Ethics, the State, and Economic Freedom Meir Tamari 5.: Comparative Law Studies Relating to Economic Issues 25. Economic Substance and the Laws of Interest: A Comparison of Jewish and U.S. Federal Tax Law Adam Chodorow 26. Transfer Of Ownership In E-Commerce Trnsactions From The Perspective Of Jewish Law: In Light Of Israeli and American Law Ron S. Kleinman and Amal Jabareen 27. The Jewish Guarantor and Secular Law: Stumbling Blocks and Their Removal Roger Lister 6.: Judaism and Economic History 28. Babylonian Jews at the Intersection of the Iranian Economy and Sasanian law Yaakov Elman 29. Coins and Money in Jewish Law and Literature: A Basic Introduction and Selective Survey Laurence J. Rabinovich 30. Talmudic Monetary Theory: Currency in Rabbinic halakhah Lawrence H. Schiffman 7.: The Economics of Judaism 31. The Economic Progress of American Jewry: From 18th Century Merchants To 21st Century Professionals Barry R. Chiswick 32. How Economics Help Shape American Judaism Carmel Ullman Chiswick Glossary List of Abbreviations Name Index Subject Index
Summary This title describes the impact economic regulation in Jewish law has on the integration of Jews into the economic fabric of societies governed by different legal systems. Factors that impede integration, as well as those that facilitate it, are identified
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Old Testament. fast (OCoLC)fst01808092
Subject Economics in the Bible.
Money -- Biblical teaching
Economics -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism
Jews -- Economic conditions.
Jewish law.
Jewish ethics.
Economics in the Bible.
Economics -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Jewish ethics.
Jewish law.
Jews -- Economic conditions.
Money -- Biblical teaching.
Rabbinical literature.
Judentum
Wirtschaft
Gesetz Theologie
Jüdische Ethik
Judentum.
Wirtschaft.
Recht.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Levine, Aaron, editor.
LC no. 2010038237
ISBN 9780199940462
0199940460
9780195398625
0195398629
Other Titles Judaism and economics