Wealth and poverty in Jewish tradition / edited by Leonard J. Greenspoon. - 1 online resource (286 pages). - Studies in Jewish civilization ; 26 . - Studies in Jewish civilization ; 26. .

"Twenty-Sixth Annual Klutznick-Harris Symposium, October 27 and October 28, 2013, in Omaha, Nebraska."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction; Contributors; Wealth in the World of the Sages: Why Were Korach and Moses Rich People?; Care for the Poor and the Origins of Charity in Early Rabbinic Literature; The Violence of Poverty; Wealth and Rabbinic Self-Fashioning in Late Antiquity; Justice and Righteousness: Jewish and Christian Approaches to Charity and Poor Law in the High Middle Ages; 1Q/4QInstruction: Training for a Money Changer?; Peddlers, the Great Jewish Migration, and the Riddle of Economic Success. The Legacy of the Kelm School of Musar on Questions of Work, Wealth, and PovertyConspicuous Charity and Jewish Unity: The Jewish Loterie in Nineteenth Century Paris; Getting Drunk, Dancing, and Beating Each Other Up: The Images of the Gentile Poor and Narratives of Jewish Difference among the Yiddish Intelligentsia, 1881-1914; Empty Hearts and Full Wallets: Poverty and Wealth in American Jewish Films, 1921-1932; Crossing Over: Class, Race, and Ethnicity in the Baltimore Films of Barry Levinson; The Cost of Living Jewishly: A Matter of Money or Values?

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Judaism and social problems.
Poverty--Religious aspects--Judaism--Congresses.
Wealth--Religious aspects--Judaism--Congresses.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
Judaism and social problems.
Poverty--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Wealth--Religious aspects--Judaism.


Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.

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