The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Economics

2010 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic History ◽  
Jewish History ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Jewish Law ◽  
Commercial Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
First Offers

The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Economics explores how Judaism as a religion and Jews as a people relate to the economic sphere of life in modern society as well as in the past. The volume approaches the subject from a variety of angles—the interaction of Judaism and economics encompasses many different dimensions and much of this interaction can be explored through the way in which Jewish law accommodates and even enhances commercial practice today and in past societies. The book first offers a brief overview of the nature and development of Jewish law as a legal system, then presents articles from a variety of angles and areas of expertise. The book offers contributions on economic theory in the Bible and in the Talmud; on the interaction between Jewish law, ethics, modern society, and public policy; then presents illuminating explorations of Judaism throughout economic history and the ways in which economics has influenced Jewish history.

scholarly journals Konsep Keselamatan Dalam Perjanjian Lama

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIPUS PADA SULISTYA
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Subject

Soteriology (doctrine of salvation) is the subject of the most extensive in the Bible. This is because it covers the whole eternity of time either in the past or future. Safety relates to the whole of mankind. Salvation is personal as well as national and world universe. The theme of salvation contained in the Old Testament and New Testament01

Law, the State, and Private Ordering: Evolutionary Explanations of Institutional Change

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gralf-Peter Calliess ◽  
Jörg Freiling ◽  
Moritz Renner
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Law And Economics ◽  
The State ◽  
Current Phase ◽  
Private Ordering ◽  
The Past ◽  
Exchange Processes ◽  
Institutional Organization ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Different Dimensions

The societal mega-trends of the past four decades, such as a globalizing economy and an aging society, have challenged the understanding of the state in OECD countries. The resulting “transformations of the state” are the subject of an interdisciplinary research agenda established at the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 597 in Bremen, Germany. A total of twenty projects from political science, law, and economics explore changes of statehood which take place in two different dimensions: first, the internationalization and, second, the privatization of activities and functions which were traditionally performed by and ascribed to the democratic, constitutional and interventionist state. While the first research phase (2003-2006) aimed at founding empirical descriptions of these internationalization and privatization processes, the current phase (2007-2010) is dedicated to explaining the observed changes in statehood. Within this general framework, the authors’ research project on “New Forms of Legal Certainty in Globalized Exchange Processes” deals with changes in the institutional organization of commerce.

Towards A Theology of the Old Testament

1948 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-149
Author(s):  
Norman W. Porteous
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Biblical Exegesis ◽  
Religious Instruction ◽  
True Nature ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Tremendous Amount ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Violent Attack

During the past quarter of a century the problem of Old Testament Theology has been the subject of discussion by a succession of well-known scholars (such as Rudolf Kittel, Marti, Gressmann, W. Staerk, Steuernagel, Eissfeldt, Eichrodt and Weiser) and still the debate shows no signs of coming to an end. In fact at the present time there are very deep cleavages of opinion among students of the Bible and among theologians, the consequent confusion of thought in the minds of many people leading to grave embarrassment. The question at issue is related to, though not identical with, the question as to what one has a right to expect of an Old Testament commentator. In this connection I need scarcely remind you that during the few years immediately before the War, more particularly in Germany and Switzerland, there was a tremendous amount of writing and discussion about the true nature of Biblical exegesis. The circumstances of the time, which included a violent attack delivered from certain directions upon the Old Testament, sufficiently explain why all this high debate should have taken place just then. The debate goes on and a solution is not yet in sight.In all this, most serious theological issues are involved in so far as the present theological confusion means that many people, who are interested in the Old Testament and wish to make use of it for personal edification or in religious instruction, are sincerely perplexed by the results of Old Testament scholarship and so are inclined to set them on one side and get on with the business in hand in their own way.

scholarly journals VETERANSKE ORGANIZACIJE – ALI JIH SPLOH POTREBUJEMO?

2017 ◽  
pp. 7-8
Author(s):  
LILIANA BROŽIČ
Keyword(s):  
Panel Discussion ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wrong Side ◽  
International Panel ◽  
Fruitful Cooperation ◽  
The Subject

When discussing veterans and veteran organisations, one usually first thinks of the past. We first think of different wars and their consequences. We think of all those who participated in those wars and were lucky enough to stay well and unharmed. And we think of all those who came out with different issues, be it physical or emotional; however there are even more of those who have had to deal with both. Although we are today very lucky and the wars on the flanks of the European Union are mainly the subject of historical discussions, we in the Editorial Board of the Contemporary Military Challenges decided to dedicate one of the thematic issues to veteran organisations and their role in the modern society. Military veterans form a constituent part of Slovenian, broad European and global society. They are identified according to different wars and individual armed conflicts. In different settings, they are treated and organised in very various ways; even their impacts on the formation of the modern society vary. Still, to some of them, nothing of this applies, because they fought on the wrong side. However, the wrong side no longer represents a problem everywhere, as it used to be the case, since the perceptions of conflict from the past have been transformed into fruitful cooperation for the future. The question of veteran organisations or the question whether or not they are even needed, thus remains a rhetorical one, especially considering the emergence of new veteran organisations comprising veterans of different international operations and missions, even in the countries, which otherwise do not even have other (war) veterans. The thematic issue in front of you was prepared in cooperation with Vladimir Prebilič as guest editor and some of the participants of the international panel discussion held in Ljubljana last summer.

scholarly journals Informational Space and Its Subjective Basis

2019 ◽  
pp. 24-34
Author(s):  
Marat Buzskiy
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social System ◽  
Special Property ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Information Space ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Main Function ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject

The article discusses the problem of determining the information space of modern society. Considering modern interpretations of this space, the author notes the widespread approach of describing the properties of this space from the information itself contesting the relationship between the past and the present, their interaction in modern society. Trying to solve the problem we consider the constant function of the social system, i.e. the formation of its specific historical integrity in the form of the universality of the subject - a special property of the system itself expressing the achieved level of social relations of society, forming goals, defining guidelines and patterns of behavior, as well as features of consciousness and ideas of people of this society. The article deals with the peculiarities of four historical forms of universality of the subject – myth, religion, activity and information, their interaction with the social system and personality (social subjects). From this point of view the author believes that the modern information space does not reveal its real subjective potential and should be considered as a formation, since the social system itself and its subject are historically only at the beginning of its existence. The conceptual basis of the article lies in the identification of a special objective regularity – the dialectical interaction of the social system and its subject form generated by the system – a historically reproducing permanent mechanism, which, however, changes its content along with the development of society. The main function of the universality of the subject is to present or express the most common systemic quality as a kind of objective goal of society and at the same time to determine the main direction and nature of socio-spiritual and practical interactions of people in a particular historical era. Thus this subject acts as a special intermediary between specific individuals and the social system. It expresses some general quality of system structures or orders arising in different epochs objectively arising in society. Therefore, the information society and its space are not autonomous in relation to the past, but express the modern stage of this process – the formation of objective conditions of the system stability on the basis of accelerating dynamics of information processes and interactions. And the basis of these conditions, their concentrated manifestation is the universality of the subject in its information "objectification".

Biblical Patriotism: An Evangelical Alternative to Nationalism

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-254
Author(s):  
Adam Wyatt
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Deep South ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Popular Discourse ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Church

In the Deep South of the United States, there has been a strong respect placed on the value of God and country, and this was always seen as a virtue. However, over the past few years, a healthy view of patriotism has blurred with concepts of nationalism. In a deeply divided nation, how should the Christian church view patriotism? These are weighty questions that need to be answered from a biblically evangelical perspective. This book seeks to take a comprehensive look at the topic by examining how the Bible frames patriotic duty as a proper alternative to both nationalism and cosmopolitanism. Both are misguided as nationalism seeks to exalt one's country against others while cosmopolitanism seeks to ignore divinely-ordained boundaries. This book also investigates how American history has framed the popular discourse about patriotism, which has resulted in both American unity and division. Biblical concepts such as loyalty in friendships, family, and land will be considered as a way to make sense of the nature of healthy patriotism. Approaching the subject with the Apostle Paul in mind, who was himself a dual-citizen in his own day, this book then explores the concept of patriotism with a discussion of two contemporary moral issues: the role of the flag in the church and the prevalence of patriotic liturgy.

Prehistoric Agriculture in Britain

Antiquity ◽  
1927 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Cecil Curwen
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Prehistoric Agriculture ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Human Use

The importance of the part played by agriculture in the economic history of our country is sometimes apt to be forgotten, for its place has, during the past hundred years, been largely taken by manufacture. Down to the beginning of the nineteenth century the bulk of the population still made a living by tilling the fields, just as their fathers had done from time immemorial. It becomes, therefore, a matter of great interest to trace the beginnings and growth of agriculture in our country before the dawn of history.Agriculture may be taken in its broadest sense to signify the artificial growth of plants for human use, as opposed to the gathering of wild products, but the term may also be narrowed down to cover only the cultivation of farinaceous seeds which we call cereals. It is chiefly in the latter sense that the subject will be discussed here, but it must be remembered that the nature of the evidence does not altogether allow of such a distinction.

Invention as a Factor in Economic History

1945 ◽  
Vol 5 (S1) ◽  
pp. 66-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. Gilfillan
Keyword(s):  
Economic History ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Subject

The great inventions of the past and their effect on history form a subject that everyone talks about, and no one thinks about, or precious few ever think hard about. So I consider this a good subject for economic historians to do some hard thinking about now. It is not enough just to schematize the subject philosophically; we should replace and improve some ideas of history that are very popular. Particularly in need of examination is the idea of materialistic Karl Marx, which has spread to such respectable professors and other well-heeled gentlemen that Marx would shudder at his associates—the idea that invention, technologic change, determines economic life and hence all history.

Jewish Law of Warranties: Some Comparative Aspects

1975 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-130
Author(s):  
Irwin H. Haut
Keyword(s):  
Jewish History ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Great Part ◽  
The Other ◽  
Jewish Law ◽  
Interested Reader ◽  
Extensive Discussion ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common ◽  
Case Basis

Aspects of Jewish Sales Law which may be referred to as the law of warranties are the subject of this article. Only the sale of personalty is dealt with and comparison is made with parallel developments in American Sales Law.The temptation to engage in extensive discussion of the sources of Jewish Law and of its nature and developments has been resisted and only some brief preliminary remarks concerning Jewish Law have been included but the interested reader is referred elsewhere for further discussion of these matters.Unlike the Common law, which developed on a case to case basis, Jewish law developed along several lines. Jewish law developed in part on a case to case basis as exemplified by Talmudic discussions and expositions; in part in an enormous and still growingResponsaliterature; and in the decisions of Rabbinical Courts throughout Jewish history. On the other hand, the development of Jewish law depended in great part on various Codes, the most important for our purposes being those of Maimonides, Asherides and Karo.

scholarly journals VETERAN ORGANISATIONS – ARE THEY EVEN NEEDED?

2017 ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
LILIANA BROŽIČ
Keyword(s):  
Panel Discussion ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wrong Side ◽  
International Panel ◽  
Fruitful Cooperation ◽  
The Subject

When discussing veterans and veteran organisations, one usually first thinks of the past. We first think of different wars and their consequences. We think of all those who participated in those wars and were lucky enough to stay well and unharmed. And we think of all those who came out with different issues, be it physical or emotional; however there are even more of those who have had to deal with both. Although we are today very lucky and the wars on the flanks of the European Union are mainly the subject of historical discussions, we in the Editorial Board of the Contemporary Military Challenges decided to dedicate one of the thematic issues to veteran organisations and their role in the modern society. Military veterans form a constituent part of Slovenian, broad European and global society. They are identified according to different wars and individual armed conflicts. In different settings, they are treated and organised in very various ways; even their impacts on the formation of the modern society vary. Still, to some of them, nothing of this applies, because they fought on the wrong side. However, the wrong side no longer represents a problem everywhere, as it used to be the case, since the perceptions of conflict from the past have been transformed into fruitful cooperation for the future. The question of veteran organisations or the question whether or not they are even needed, thus remains a rhetorical one, especially considering the emergence of new veteran organisations comprising veterans of different international operations and missions, even in the countries, which otherwise do not even have other (war) veterans. The thematic issue in front of you was prepared in cooperation with Vladimir Prebilič as guest editor and some of the participants of the international panel discussion held in Ljubljana last summer.

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