Economic analysis in Talmudic literature : : rabbinic thought in the light of modern economics / / by Roman A. Ohrenstein and Barry L.J. Gordon.

• Author: Ohrenstein, Roman A.
• TeilnehmendeR: Gordon, Barry
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 3rd rev. ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles 2009
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Materials /; Chapter One. The Talmud, Its Method And Related Issues /; Chapter Two. Old Wisdom And The Written Law /; Chapter Three. Economic Self-Interest And Social Progress /; Chapter Four. Business Cycle Analysis: The Talmudic Insight /; Chapter Five. Time Dimension, Opportunity Cost And Market Behavior /; Chapter Six. Game Theory—The Talmudic Minimax /; Chapter Seven. Risk, Uncertainty And Expectation /; Chapter Eight. The Welfare Dimension /; Chapter Nine. Categories Of Value /; Chapter Ten. Human Capital Issues /; Chapter Eleven. Jews In The European Economy /; Name Index /; Subject Index /; List Of Abbreviations /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 1282601873; 9786612601873; 9047428080
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Roman A. Ohrenstein and Barry L.J. Gordon.

This lucidly written study is unique in that there is no book extant by an economic historian that discusses Talmudic economics in the light of modern economics. Its major focus is on the intricate debates, statements and principles that were forged by the Talmudic Rabbis. This ancient storehouse of learning includes a wealth of economic knowledge of modern sophistication. The book taps these \'economic treasures\' by way of analytic inquiry. The authors, both economic historians and economists, through their study of the original dialectics in the Talmud, were able to discern a wide range of macro- and micro-economic ideas of major significance. These concepts when viewed from either a contemporary or a modern perspective, display an extraordinary degree of insight and sophistication. Indeed, sections of the Talmud and the reflections of subsequent commentators on those passages, embody a wealth of economic thought that was later to become significant in the reasoning of political economists, or of their professional academic successors.