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-The author utilizes documents from the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and other post-biblical Jewish writings to accomplish a twofold aim: both to trace the roots of modern philanthropy and welfare to ancient Judaism and to show how social and economic change was the operative factor in a perceived shift in emphasis from individual responsibility to communal institutions in -Jewish- assistance to the poor from ca. 120 BC/BCE to ca. 600/600 CE. The author writes for a general audience and brings an honest and balance approach to his subject matter. Loewenberg's expertise in social work theory and his content knowledge of the documents result in a thorough and useful tour of the relevant textual evidence.- - Joel S. Burnett, Journal of Church and State ""The author utilizes documents from the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and other post-biblical Jewish writings to accomplish a twofold aim: both to trace the roots of modern philanthropy and welfare to ancient Judaism and to show how social and economic change was the operative factor in a perceived shift in emphasis from individual responsibility to communal institutions in ""Jewish"" assistance to the poor from ca. 120 BC/BCE to ca. 600/600 CE. The author writes for a general audience and brings an honest and balance approach to his subject matter. Loewenberg's expertise in social work theory and his content knowledge of the documents result in a thorough and useful tour of the relevant textual evidence."" - Joel S. Burnett, Journal of Church and State ""The author utilizes documents from the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and other post-biblical Jewish writings to accomplish a twofold aim: both to trace the roots of modern philanthropy and welfare to ancient Judaism and to show how social and economic change was the operative factor in a perceived shift in emphasis from individual responsibility to communal institutions in ""Jewish"" assistance to the poor from ca. 120 BC/BCE to ca. 600/600 CE. The author writes for a general audience and brings an honest and balance approach to his subject matter. Loewenberg's expertise in social work theory and his content knowledge of the documents result in a thorough and useful tour of the relevant textual evidence."" - Joel S. Burnett, ""Journal of Church and State"" ""The author utilizes documents from the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and other post-biblical Jewish writings to accomplish a twofold aim: both to trace the roots of modern philanthropy and welfare to ancient Judaism and to show how social and economic change was the operative factor in a perceived shift in emphasis from individual responsibility to communal institutions in ""Jewish"" assistance to the poor from ca. 120 BC/BCE to ca. 600/600 CE. The author writes for a general audience and brings an honest and balance approach to his subject matter. Loewenberg's expertise in social work theory and his content knowledge of the documents result in a thorough and useful tour of the relevant textual evidence."" - Joel S. Burnett, ""Journal of Church and State""

-The author utilizes documents from the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and other post-biblical Jewish writings to accomplish a twofold aim: both to trace the roots of modern philanthropy and welfare to ancient Judaism and to show how social and economic change was the operative factor in a perceived shift in emphasis from individual responsibility to communal institutions in -Jewish- assistance to the poor from ca. 120 BC/BCE to ca. 600/600 CE. The author writes for a general audience and brings an honest and balance approach to his subject matter. Loewenberg's expertise in social work theory and his content knowledge of the documents result in a thorough and useful tour of the relevant textual evidence.- - Joel S. Burnett, Journal of Church and State

The author utilizes documents from the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and other post-biblical Jewish writings to accomplish a twofold aim: both to trace the roots of modern philanthropy and welfare to ancient Judaism and to show how social and economic change was the operative factor in a perceived shift in emphasis from individual responsibility to communal institutions in Jewish assistance to the poor from ca. 120 BC/BCE to ca. 600/600 CE. The author writes for a general audience and brings an honest and balance approach to his subject matter. Loewenberg's expertise in social work theory and his content knowledge of the documents result in a thorough and useful tour of the relevant textual evidence. </p> - Joel S. Burnett, <i>Journal of Church and State</i></p>

<p> The author utilizes documents from the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and other post-biblical Jewish writings to accomplish a twofold aim: both to trace the roots of modern philanthropy and welfare to ancient Judaism and to show how social and economic change was the operative factor in a perceived shift in emphasis from individual responsibility to communal institutions in Jewish assistance to the poor from ca. 120 BC/BCE to ca. 600/600 CE. The author writes for a general audience and brings an honest and balance approach to his subject matter. Loewenberg's expertise in social work theory and his content knowledge of the documents result in a thorough and useful tour of the relevant textual evidence. <p> - Joel S. Burnett, Journal of Church and State

The author utilizes documents from the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and other post-biblical Jewish writings to accomplish a twofold aim: both to trace the roots of modern philanthropy and welfare to ancient Judaism and to show how social and economic change was the operative factor in a perceived shift in emphasis from individual responsibility to communal institutions in Jewish assistance to the poor from ca. 120 BC/BCE to ca. 600/600 CE. The author writes for a general audience and brings an honest and balance approach to his subject matter. Loewenberg's expertise in social work theory and his content knowledge of the documents result in a thorough and useful tour of the relevant textual evidence. - Joel S. Burnett, Journal of Church and State

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Frank M. Loewenberg

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