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Jewish law in transition : how economic forces overcame the prohibition against lending on interest / Hillel Gamoran.
Van Pelt Library KBM955.4 .G36 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gamoran, Hillel, 1929-
- Series:
- Alumni series of the Hebrew Union College Press
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interest (Jewish law)--Economic aspects.
- Interest (Jewish law).
- Jews--Economic conditions.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- x, 196 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cincinnati : Hebrew Union College Press ; Detroit, MI : Distributed by Wayne State University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- The Biblical law against lending on interest
- Usury in the business world in the Talmudic period
- Advance payment for the purchase of goods
- Buying on credit
- Mortgages
- Investments
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780878204625
- 0878204628
- OCLC:
- 228701402
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