Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish Antiquity

Gardner, Gregg E.

University of California Press（2022/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 302 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780520386891
• DDC分類 296.3677

Full Description

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.
 

Contents

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