The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Economics by Aaron Levine

The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Economics by Aaron Levine

At once it must be recognized that religious law by its very nature regulates and restricts the conduct of its adherents. One of the major foci of The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Economics is therefore to describe 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. More globally, a number of the papers in this volume discuss the positive contribution of Jewish business ethics to the morality of the marketplace, as well as Jewish legal perspectives on economic public policy.In the discipline of economics, advances in theory provide the grist for debate regarding the appropriate role for government. Accordingly, this volume presents papers dealing with economic theory in the Bible and Talmud, as well as comparative law studies that relate to economics. Also included are studies of the influence of religious economic law on the economic sphere of life in societies of the past.Finally, this work investigates how successfully Jews, as a people, have integrated into American economic life, and the related question of how economic forces have played a role in causing the American Jew to assimilate, shedding religious practice and commitment.

Rabbi DrAaron Levine is a world-renowned authority on the Talmud, on Economics, and on Ethics. Here he has put together a remarkable collection of essays on and surveys of a very wide range of issues bearing on the relationship between Jewish literature, law, and practice on the one hand, and on the other hand, economic theory and business practic? * especially business ethics. The volume spans thousands of years, from Biblical times to modern Israel, and one may expect it to become a standard reference.Robert John Aumann, Professor Emeritus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2005 *

Aaron Levine is Samson and Halina Bitensky Professor of Economics and Chairman, Department of Economics, School of Liberal Arts, Yeshiva University

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ISBN 13	9780195398625
ISBN 10	0195398629
Title	The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Economics
Author	Aaron Levine
Series	Oxford Handbooks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	2011-01-13
Number of pages	720
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