Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish Antiquity

Gregg E. Gardner (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

302 Seiten

2022
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-38689-1 (ISBN)

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Charity is central to the Jewish tradition. In this formative study, Gregg E. Gardner takes on this concept to examine the beginnings of Jewish thought on care for the poor. Focusing on writings of the earliest rabbis from the third century c.e., Gardner shows how the ancient rabbis saw the problem of poverty primarily as questions related to wealth—how it is gained and lost, how it distinguishes rich from poor, and how to convince people to part with their wealth. Contributing to our understanding of the history of religions, Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish Antiquity demonstrates that a focus on wealth can provide us with a fuller understanding of charity in Jewish thought and the larger world from which Judaism and Christianity emerged.

Gregg E. Gardner is Associate Professor and Diamond Chair of Jewish Law and Ethics at the University of British Columbia. He is author of The Origins of Organized Charity in Rabbinic Judaism.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Conventions

Introduction
1. The Wealth of the Early Rabbis
2. Harvest Allocations for the Poor
3. Charity Laws
4. Giving Mammon (Wealth)
5. Pay for the Giver
6. Charity as an Investment
7. Poverty Relief and the Anxiety of Wealth
8. Some Further Perspectives: Early Christian and Later
Rabbinic Traditions

Notes
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
General Index

Erscheinungsdatum	11.05.2022
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-10	0-520-38689-2 / 0520386892
ISBN-13	978-0-520-38689-1 / 9780520386891
Zustand	Neuware