David Aberbach

The Bible and the 'Holy Poor'

From the Tanakh to Les Mis¿bles

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book assesses why the Bible is so positive in its view of the poor, unlike most later literary and legislative works. It seeks to understand what historical circumstances brought about this elevated perception of the poor by exploring the clash of ideals and realities in the depiction of the poor in the Hebrew Bible and in European culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9781138555709
• ISBN-10: 1138555703
• Artikelnr.: 49786402

Autorenporträt

David Aberbach is Professor, Department of Jewish Studies, McGill University

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Biblical law and the poor 2. Inequality
and the Bible 3. The Bible and the poor 4. The Bible and European Poor Law
5. How closely were laws on the poor observed in the biblical age? 6.
Subversion of the social order in the Hebrew Bible 7. The Bible and
poverty: a contrast with ancient Greece and Rome 8. The Bible, the poor and
Christian Europe 9. Ancient prophets, modern economists 10. The superior
status of the poor in the Hebrew Bible 11. The decline of the 'holy poor'
in Rabbinic Judaism 12. The Bible and Christian views of the poor 13. The
16th century turn against the 'Apostolic Poor' 14. Vernacular Scripture,
the Reformation and the poor 15. The Bible and literary compassion for the
poor 16. On 'false' poor 17. Mendele and the damned poor 18. Why are there
no deceitful poor in the Bible? Notes Bibliography Index