From Charity To Social Justice

agricultural harvest portions ancient Judaism ancient Judea Baba Kamma Baba Metzia Babylonian exile Babylonian Talmud became Ben Sira Bible century BCE changes charity fund church commandment communal institutions contemporary destruction Deuteronomy dinar earlier early Christian economic emergence farmers fields fourth century Genesis Rabba Gentile give charity Greek Hillel home hospitality Israel Jerusalem Jewish Jewish poor Jewish slaves Jews Josephus Jubilee Ketubot King land later Leviticus loans Maimonides Midrash Mishnah non-Jewish non-Jews number of poor observed occurred original orphans Pe'a Pesahim poor person poor relief poor travelers Poorman's Tithe poverty practice priests problem prozbul Rabba Rabbi responsibility rich Roman rule Sabbatical sacred sacrifices Sanhedrin scholars second century Second Temple period secular slavery society sources suggested synagogue Ta'anit Talmudic sages taught TB Baba Batra TB Gittin TB Ketubot TB Sanhedrin TB Shabbat third century tion tithe Torah wealthy welfare widow workers Yebamot