Economic Analysis in Talmudic Literature

Ohrenstein, Roman A.; Gordon, Barry

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“…This is evident by the extensive literature that exists on Christian economics, which barrows heavily from the Catholic social tradition (Hobgood ; Long ). The same can be said regarding the literature on Jewish economics that relies on interpretations of the Torah and Talmud (Ohrenstein and Gordon ; Levine )…”

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Weber and Baqir as-Sadr: The Paradox of Economic Development in Islamic Societies

Reda

2014

Am J Econ Sociol

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This article attempts to reconsider the controversial relationship between Islam and economic development. It does so by deeply engaging the views of Weber and Baqir as‐Sadr. According to Sadr, the development of capitalism in Europe is a consequence of the moral practice of Western societies, which is fundamentally different from that of Islamic societies. This divergence in moral practices translates into a divergence in economic doctrine, resulting in an incompatibility between the capitalist method and the moral practice of Islamic societies.

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Weber and Baqir as-Sadr: The Paradox of Economic Development in Islamic Societies

Reda

2014

Am J Econ Sociol

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God’s Technicians: Religious Jurists and the Usury Ban in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Calder¹

2016

Arch. eur. sociol.

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At the heart of the $2 trillion Islamic-finance industry is a ban on interest. But why is there only anIslamicban on interest today? After all, for over a millennium, interest was also gravely sinful in Judaism and Christianity. While scholars have addressed the evolution of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic economic morality in isolation, very few since Weber have tackled the interest question directly and comparatively.I argue that the fate of the religious interest ban has always depended on the fate of religious jurists. When religious jurists are absent, no systematic interest ban emerges. When religious jurists emerge as technical experts, the interest ban appears and thrives. And when religious jurists come under attack or lose their traditional role in society, the interest ban withers and dies.To conclude, I call for a reconstruction of Weber’s theory of religion and economic morality that dissolves the tradition-modernity binary.

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“Capitalism and the Jews”

Lipkes¹

2019

History of Political Economy

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Economic Analysis in Talmudic Literature

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Weber and Baqir as-Sadr: The Paradox of Economic Development in Islamic Societies

Weber and Baqir as-Sadr: The Paradox of Economic Development in Islamic Societies

God’s Technicians: Religious Jurists and the Usury Ban in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

“Capitalism and the Jews”

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