LEADER 02401nam 22006374a 450 001 9910458085803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-75794-9 010 $a9786610757947 010 $a0-19-151578-7 010 $a1-4294-2216-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000375191 035 $a(EBL)3052121 035 $a(OCoLC)922952819 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085314 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11119560 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085314 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10011323 035 $a(PQKB)11353284 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073602 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3052121 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3052121 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10160625 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75794 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000375191 100 $a20051018d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAlmsgiving in the later Roman Empire$b[electronic resource] $eChristian promotion and practice (313450) /$fRichard Finn 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-171269-8 311 $a0-19-928360-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-294) and index. 327 $aEpiscopal almsgiving -- Almsgiving by monks and lay Christians -- The promotion of Christian almsgiving -- The meanings of Christian almsgiving -- Christian and classical -- Concluding remarks. 330 8 $aThis work highlights the importance of gifts to the poor for Christians in the later Roman Empire. It asks what it meant to give to the poor, the virtues it displayed and the role it played in articulating or challenging the standing of bishops monks and ordinary lay men and women. 606 $aChristian giving$xHistory 606 $aChurch history$y4th century 606 $aChurch history$y5th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChristian giving$xHistory. 615 0$aChurch history 615 0$aChurch history 676 $a248.4/6 700 $aFinn$b R. D$g(Richard Damian),$f1963-$0982704 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458085803321 996 $aAlmsgiving in the later Roman Empire$92242647 997 $aUNINA