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The Hebrew Bible is the main legislative and literary influence on European Poor Law and on literature on poverty and the poor. No extant literature from the ancient world placed more importance upon social welfare and the duty of the better-off toward the poor. It is the founding text for liberation movements.

This book assesses why the Bible is so unambiguously 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. Most legal and literary portrayals of the poor tend to be critical, associating the poor with laziness, crime or fraud: why is this not the case in the Bible? Most societies have tended to accept poverty as a natural condition, but not the Bible. The idea of ending poverty starts in the Bible the Psalms above all inspired a daily struggle to limit the gap between rich and poor. Much of the Bible sees life - most unusually in the history of civilizations - through the eyes of the poor. The book argues that the popular appeal of the Bible in largely impoverished societies lies in its persistent relevance to, and support of, the poor. Yet, in many ways, biblical teachings were incompatible with social and political circumstances centuries and millennia later.

Written in a clear, accessible style, the book shows how the Hebrew Bible, in its legislation and impassioned prophetic poetry, inspired the battle to make poverty history, to give dignity and hope to the poor and fight inequality. It will appeal to students and scholars of Jewish Studies, the Bible and Comparative Literature, and Development Studies.

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The Hebrew Bible is the main legislative and literary influence on European Poor Law and on literature on poverty and the poor. No extant literature from the ancient world placed more importance upon social welfare and the duty of the better-off toward the poor. It is the founding text for liberation movements.
This book assesses why the Bible is so unambiguously 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. Most legal and literary portrayals of the poor tend to be critical, associating the poor with laziness, crime or fraud: why is this not the case in the Bible? Most societies have tended to accept poverty as a natural condition, but not the Bible. The idea of ending poverty starts in the Bible the Psalms above all inspired a daily struggle to limit the gap between rich and poor. Much of the Bible sees life most unusually in the history of civilizations through the eyes of the poor. The book argues that the popular appeal of the Bible in largely impoverished societies lies in its persistent relevance to, and support of, the poor. Yet, in many ways, biblical teachings were incompatible with social and political circumstances centuries and millennia later.
Written in a clear, accessible style, the book shows how the Hebrew Bible, in its legislation and impassioned prophetic poetry, inspired the battle to make poverty history, to give dignity and hope to the poor and fight inequality. It will appeal to students and scholars of Jewish Studies, the Bible and Comparative Literature, and Development Studies.
David Aberbach is a Professor in the Department of Jewish Studies at McGill University and Senior Research Fellow in the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics
Routledge Jewish Studies Series
Series Editor: Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky
Studies, which are interpreted to cover the disciplines of history, sociology, anthropology, culture, politics, philosophy, theology, religion, as they relate to Jewish affairs. The remit includes texts which have as their primary focus issues, ideas, personalities and events of relevance to Jews, Jewish life and the concepts which have characterised Jewish culture both in the past and today. The series is interested in receiving appropriate scripts or proposals.
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The Bible and the Holy Poor
From the Tanakh to Les Misrables
David Aberbach
The Bible and the Holy Poor
From the Tanakh to Les Misrables
David Aberbach
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Names: Aberbach, David, 1953- author.
Title: The Bible and the holy poor : from the Tanakh to Les Misrables / David Aberbach.
Description: New York, NY : Routledge, [2018] | Series: Routledge Jewish studies series | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017030211| ISBN 9781138555709 (hbk) | ISBN 9781315149677 (ebk)
Subjects: LCSH: Poverty in the Bible. | Poor-Biblical teaching. | Bible. Old Testament-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Classification: LCC BS1199.P64 A24 2018 | DDC 220.8/305569-dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017030211
ISBN: 978-1-138-55570-9 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-14967-7 (ebk)
This book is the first complete section of a book I have been writing for many years, on poverty and literature. As this period has coincided with a near-fatal illness, it seems prudent, in thanksgiving, not to tempt fate but to bring out these bikurim (first fruits). This book continues a leitmotif of previous books of mine, on loss and separation, imperialism, charisma, and nationalism, arguing for greater integration of the Arts and Social Sciences: the understanding of poverty is enriched through the combination of disciplines, and literature has levels of insight and compassion which scientific studies often lack.
I am, as always, grateful to McGill University for granting me exceptional circumstances for my work, and to Harvard University and the London School of Economics for various fellowships from 201217, which greatly facilitated writing this book.
I am thankful, too, to Oliver Leaman, my distinguished editor at Routledge, as well as a number of people who in various ways encouraged my interest in poverty and literature over the years: Tim Allen, John Hall, Ricardo Hausmann, Ian Malcolm, and particularly Steven Bloomfield who, as Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard, invited me to give a series of talks on Poverty and Ideological Failure, which became the nucleus of this book.
Part of this book appeared as a Working Paper for the LSE Department of International Development. Thanks are due to Ken Shadlen and Geoff Goodwin for their help and advice. Other parts draw on a previous book, Realism, Caricature and Bias: the Fiction of Mendele Mocher Sefarim, as well as a talk at a conference on Jewish Attitudes toward Wealth and Poverty, convened by Michael Satlow at Brown University.
I thank the librarians of the various libraries I have used in the course of writing this book: the university libraries at McGill, Harvard, and London (particularly those at the LSE, Senate House and University College), and above all the British Library; and to my students at McGill, with whom I had the privilege over many years of discussing most of the texts and the issues raised in this book.
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