{"product_id":"charity-in-rabbinic-judaism-alyssa-m-gray-9780367728649","title":"Charity in Rabbinic Judaism: Atonement, Rewards, and Righteousness","description":"\u003cp\u003eStudying 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopics 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alyssa M. Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367728648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367728649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Alyssa M. Gray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45180798796031,"sku":"9780367728649","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d3a27e4-0d93-436e-a29a-657538379edb.jpg?v=1712898700","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/charity-in-rabbinic-judaism-alyssa-m-gray-9780367728649","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}