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Charity

The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition

by Gary A. Anderson

  • Paperback
  • 232 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • 14.8 x 23.3 x 1.6 cm

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It has long been acknowledged that Jews and Christians distinguished themselves through charity to the poor. Though ancient Greeks and Romans were also generous, they funded theatres and baths rather than poorhouses and orphanages. How might we explain this difference? In this significant reappraisal of charity in the biblical tradition, Gary Anderson argues that the poor constituted the privileged place where Jews and Christians met God. Though concerns for social justice were not unknown to early Jews and Christians, the poor achieved the importance they did primarily because they were thought to be "living altars", a place to make a sacrifice, a loan to God that he, as the ultimate guarantor, could be trusted to repay in turn. Contrary to the assertions of Reformation and modern critiques, belief in a heavenly treasury was not just about self-interest. Sifting through biblical and postbiblical texts, Anderson shows how charity affirms the goodness of the created order; the world was created through charity and therefore rewards it.
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  • Author

    Gary A. Anderson

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Yale University Press

  • Published

    January 2015

  • Weight

    327g

  • Page Count

    232

  • Dimensions

    14.8 x 23.3 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780300198836

  • ISBN-10

    0300198833

  • Eden Code

    4292924

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