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March 25, 2010

ʰԳٱ:Gary Anderson, professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, University of Notre Dame

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 traces the origins of this revolutionary idea in the Bible and its groundbreaking ramifications for the development of Jewish and Christian piety and practice.

Sponsored by the School of Theology and Ministry and generously supported by the Kitz Family in honor of Richard J. Clifford, S.J.