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Charity in Rabbinic Judaism - Atonement, Rewards, and Righteousness (Hardcover)
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Charity in Rabbinic Judaism - Atonement, Rewards, and Righteousness (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series
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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. Topics
include the significance of the rabbis' use of the biblical word
"tzedaqah" as charity, the coexistence of the idea that God is the
ultimate recipient of tzedaqah along with rabbinic ambivalence
about that idea, redemptive almsgiving, and the reward for charity
of retention or increase in wealth. Rabbinic literature's
preference for "teshuvah" (repentance) over tzedeqah to atone for
sin is also closely examined. Throughout, close attention is paid
to chronological differences in these ideas, and to differences
between the rabbinic compilations of the land of Israel and the
Babylonian Talmud. The book extensively analyzes the various ways
the Babylonian Talmud especially tends to put limits on the divine
element in charity while privileging its human, this-worldly
dimensions. This tendency also characterizes the Babylonian
Talmud's treatment of other topics. The book briefly surveys some
post-Talmudic developments. As the study fills a gap in existing
scholarship on charity and the rabbis, it is an invaluable resource
for scholars and clergy interested in charity within comparative
religion, history, and religion.
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