Charity in Rabbinic Judaism - Atonement, Rewards, and Righteousness

Studying the many ideas about how giving charity atones for sin and other rewards in late antique rabbinic literature, this volume contains many, varied, and even conflicting ideas, as the multiplicity must be recognized and allowed expression.

List of contents

1. Introduction: rabbis, charity, tzedaqah 2. God as the true recipient of tzedaqah 3. Redemptive almsgiving and charity’s rewards in the land of Israel 4. Redemptive almsgiving and charity’s rewards in the Talmud Bavli 5. Tzedaqah and teshuvah: partially overlapping magisteria 6. Charity and beyond: the Talmud Bavli’s limitations on a divine role in human affairs 7. Select post-Talmudic developments 8. Conclusion: righteous before God

About the author

Alyssa M. Gray is the Emily S. and Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman Chair in Rabbinics and Professor of Codes and Responsa Literature at HUC-JIR in New York. She is the author of A Talmud in Exile: The Influence of Yerushalmi Avodah Zarah on the Formation of Bavli Avodah Zarah (2005) and numerous shorter studies on wealth, poverty, and charity in rabbinic literature and on the formation of the Babylonian Talmud.

Summary

Studying the many ideas about how giving charity atones for sin and other rewards in late antique rabbinic literature, this volume contains many, varied, and even conflicting ideas, as the multiplicity must be recognized and allowed expression.

Product details

• Authors: Alyssa M. Gray
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781138599963
• ISBN: 978-1-138-59996-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Theology, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Judaism: theology