Gary Anderson - Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition 1st/1st

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Charity The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition by Ben Gary Anderson 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 theatres 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 throught 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. A fine, unread copy of a first edition, first impression hardback in a fine, unclipped dustjacket published - Yale University Press, 2013 All books are swathed in biodegradeable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom read more
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