Charity The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition 1st Edition by Gary Anderson ISBN 9780300181333 0300181337

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ISBN 10: 0300181337
ISBN 13: 9780300181333
Author: Gary Anderson

A leading biblical scholar places charity back at the heart of the Judeo-Christian tradition, arguing for its biblical roots
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 theaters 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.

Charity The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition 1st Edition Table of contents:

1. The Challenge of Charity 
Part 1: Charity as an Expression of Faith in God
2. Charity as Service to God 
3. A Loan to God 
4. Material Wealth and its Deceptions 
5. Deliverance from Death 
6. Is Charity Always Rewarded? 
7. Charity and the Goodness of Creation 
Part 2: Charitable Deeds as Storable Commodities 
8. Can Merits be Transferred? 
9. Storing Good Works in Heaven 
10. Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving 
11. Sacrificial Giving 
12. Deliverance from Purgatory 
13. Conclusion: Your Alms Are a Memorial 
Notes 
Acknowledgments 
General Index

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