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poverty, Jewish care for

poverty, Jewish care for   Reference library

The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages

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2010
Subject:
History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
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Medieval Judaism did not sanctify *poverty but sought to relieve its symptoms. The Cairo *Geniza documents present abundant information about

poverty and poor relief

poverty and poor relief   Reference library

The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages

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2010
Subject:
History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
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Early medieval sources used pauper in a biblical sense of persons unable to fend for themselves: orphans, widows, and the

Poverty, the Poor

Poverty, the Poor   Reference library

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages

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2005
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History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
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