TY - BOOK ID - 7248553 TI - The origins of organized charity in rabbinic Judaism PY - 2015 SN - 9781107095434 1107095433 9781316155110 9781107479289 1316317188 1316323889 1316330567 1316333906 1107479282 1316327221 1316320529 1316155110 1316289869 1316310507 9781316320525 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Charity laws and legislation (Jewish law) KW - Charity organization. KW - Jewish ethics. KW - 296*52 KW - Joodse ethiek: Halacha; Minhag (gewoonten); Tora KW - 296*52 Joodse ethiek: Halacha; Minhag (gewoonten); Tora KW - Charity laws and legislation (Jewish law). KW - Ethics, Jewish KW - Jews KW - Religious ethics KW - Philanthropy KW - Jewish law KW - Ethics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7248553 AB - 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. Gardner finds that Tannaim promoted giving through the soup kitchen (tamhui) and charity fund (quppa), which enabled anonymous and collective support for the poor. This protected the dignity of the poor and provided an alternative to begging, which benefited the community as a whole - poor and non-poor alike. By contrast, later Jewish and Christian writings (from the fourth to fifth centuries) would see organized charity as a means to promote their own religious authority. This book contributes to the study of Jews and Judaism, history of religions, biblical studies, and ethics. ER -