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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Main Author: Gardner, Gregg, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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