The Salvific Effects of Almsgiving and the Moral Status of the Poor in Talmudic Judaism and Late Antique Christianity
This article explores several parallel teachings in rabbinic Judaism and late antique Christianity regarding redemptive almsgiving. First, the author calls attention to remarks made by Cyprian of Carthage and John Chrysostom that maintain almsgiving delivers from physical death, similar to the state...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Mohr Siebeck
[2020]
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Jewish studies quarterly
Year: 2020, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-21 |
Further subjects: | B
Poor
B Cyprian B John Chrysostom B Redemptive charity B tzedakah |
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