From Charity to Social Justice: The Emergence of Communal Institutions for the Support of the Poor in Ancient Judaism

by Frank Loewenberg and Frank Loewenberg

Every society has had to cope with poverty and the poor. Traditionally, most scholars have located the origins of modern philanthropies in the free-grain-distribution schemes common in ancient Greece... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765800527
• ISBN13: 9780765800527
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"