Labor, crafts and commerce in ancient Israel / Moshe Aberbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aberbach, Moses.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Labor.

Working class in rabbinical literature.

Labor laws and legislation (Jewish law).

Work--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Work.

Physical Description:

294 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem : Magnes Press, the Hebrew University, [1994]

Summary:

The purpose of this work is to provide a scholarly but also readable account of the economic activities of the Jews as well as their attitudes to labor in general during the Biblical and Talmudic periods. As far as possible, the entire source material, scattered as it is in the Bible, the Apocrypha, the Talmud and Midrash, has been utilized to present a comprehensive picture of this important but relatively neglected subject. The book comprises chapters on the occupational structure of the Talmudic rabbis and their views on physical labor as well as descriptions of Jewish commercial and industrial activities and vocational training in ancient times.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [280]-294).

ISBN:

9652238600

OCLC:

30881044