The origins of organized charity in rabbinic Judaism
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 CE contexts. Gregg E. Gar...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2015.
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In: | Year: 2015 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Rabbinic Judaism
/ Poor relief
/ Welfare
/ History 1-450
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Further subjects: | B
Charity organization
B Thesis B Charity laws and legislation (Jewish law) B Jewish ethics |
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Erscheint auch als: 9781107095434 |