Religious Belief and Economic Behaviour

by Jacob Neusner

Records the principle papers and responses of a conference presented at the U. of South Florida in February 1999. The ten papers, authored by an interdisciplinary group of scholars, treat (many from a Weberian perspective) such topics as how new religious movements treat wealth, religious beliefs in contemporary Africa, the uses of the words `rich' and `poor' by the Biblical prophets, and the Christian Late- Scholastics as the progenitors of linking market theory and morality. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

376 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Neusner was educated at Harvard University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (where he received rabbinic ordination), the University of Oxford, and Columbia University.

Neusner is often celebrated as one of the most published authors in history (he has written or edited more than 950 books.)Since 1994, he taught at Bard College. He also taught at Columbia University, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Brandeis University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, and the University of South Florida.

Neusner was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He is the only scholar to have served on both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. He also received scores of academic awards, honorific and otherwise.