Thursday, March 25, 5:30 p.m.
“Almsgiving Delivers from Death”: Charity to the Poor Considered Theologically
Presenter: Gary Anderson
Location: 9 Lake St., Room 100, Brighton Campus
Free of charge. Register
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In Second Temple Judaism the practice of charity towards the poor assumed a structural significance parallel to that of offering a sacrifice in the Temple. This lecture will trace the origins of this revolutionary idea in the Bible and its groundbreaking ramifications for the development of Jewish and Christian piety and practice. Register
Generously supported by the Kitz Family in honor of Richard J. Clifford, S.J.
Gary Anderson is professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at the University of Notre Dame.