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SKU (ISBN): 9781107095434
ISBN10: 1107095433
Gregg Gardner
Binding: Cloth Text
Published: June 2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book examines the origins of communal and institutional almsgiving in rabbinic Judaism. It undertakes a close reading of foundational rabbinic texts (Mishnah, Tosefta, Tannaitic Midrashim) and places their discourses on organized giving in their second to third century C.E. contexts. Gregg E. Gardner finds that Tannaim promoted giving through the soup kitchen (tamhui) and charity fund (quppa), which enabled anonymous and collective support for the poor. This protected the dignity of the poor and provided an alternative to begging, which benefited the community as a whole – poor and non-poor alike. By contrast, later Jewish and Christian writings (from the fourth to fifth centuries) would see organized charity as a means to promote their own religious authority. This book contributes to the study of Jews and Judaism, history of religions, biblical studies, and ethics.
SKU (ISBN): 9781107095434
ISBN10: 1107095433
Gregg Gardner
Binding: Cloth Text
Published: June 2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print On Demand Product
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