The Economics of the Mishnah

by Jacob Neusner

Book Overview

In this compelling study, Jacob Neusner argues that economics is an active and generative ingredient of the system of the Mishnah. The Mishnah directly addresses such economic concerns as the value of work, agronomics, currency, commerce and the marketplace, and correct management of labor and of the household. In all its breadth, the Mishnah poses the question of the critical place occupied by the economy in society under God's rule.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226576566
• ISBN13: 9780226576565
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"