Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish AntiquityCharity is central to the Jewish tradition. In this formative study, Gregg E. Gardner takes on this concept to examine the beginnings of Jewish thought on care for the poor. Focusing on writings of the earliest rabbis from the third century c. e., Gardner shows how the ancient rabbis saw the problem of poverty primarily as questions related to wealthhow it is gained and lost, how it distinguishes rich from poor, and how to convince people to part with