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The practice of almsgiving was an important part of religious behavior in Second Temple Judaism. Early Christianity inherited these attitudes towards almsgiving and developed them further to apply to the meaning of repentance and communing with God.
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The subject of this book is important for understanding attitudes towards wealth and poverty in early Christianity.
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This page is a summary of: Charity and the Economy of Salvation in Luke, Religious Studies Review, December 2019, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/rsr.14275.
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