Chapter 5
FROM JOSHUA TO SOLOMON Working the laws during the two periods -- I. Under Joshua and Judges -- The law established under Joshua -- Lawlessness under Judges -- Returns to
Jehovah under Jephthah, Eli, and Samuel -- II. Under the monarchies -- Saul's offerings of spoils -- David anointed king -- Ark brought to Jerusalem, and Levites reorganized -- David's
accumulated offerings -- Solomon's dedication of the Temple, and his offerings -- Tithes under Israel's monarchs Chapter 6
BEFORE AND AFTER THE
CAPTIVITY Working of tithe-law during two further periods: III. Under Judah and Israel -- Reformations under Asa and Jehoshaphat -- Giving in the times of
Elijah and Elisha -- Church repairs under Joash -- Amos on Israel's tithes -- Hezekiah's restoration of Passover, tithe-paying, and first fruits -- Temple repairs and offering under Josiah
-- IV. After the Captivity -- Offerings from Cyrus -- Rebuilding and presents to Temple under Ezra -- Malachi's "robbery" for withholding tithes -- Nehemiah's offering, and the people's
oath concerning tithes -- Tithing organized -- Review of tithing from Joshua to Malachi Chapter 7
TITHING IN THE
APOCRYPHA Apocryphal books illustrative of Jewish antiquities -- Tobit pays three tithes -- Judith dedicates spoils of war -- Offerings by Demetrius,
Heliodorus, King Seleucus, and Judas Maccabeus -- Liberality and tithe-paying urged in Tobit and Ecclesiasticus -- Summary of evidence from Apocrypha Chapter 8
TALMUDIC TEACHING ON THE FIRST
AND SECOND TITHES The Talmud: Mishna and Gemara -- Divisions and translations of Mishna -- Book VII, on first tithe, regulates what is to be tithed, and when -- Tithing
applied to business transactions -- Tithing cooked fruit, transplanted vegetables, and ant-hills -- Rules concerning the second tithe, -- Not to be exchanged, not coins for it reckoned
common -- Redemption of the second tithe, -- Second tithe in relation to reciting Mosaic formula Chapter 9
THE 'DEMAI' OR DOUBTFUL
TITHE The Demai, or doubtful tithe -- Its exemptions, differences, and minute requirements -- Its bearing on the uneducated, on buying and selling, exchange
of corn, payment of rent, and acceptance of hospitality -- Four tithes recognized in the Talmud, and their application to all classes -- Antiquity of Talmudic, by-laws, and their influence
when Christianity appeared Chapter 10
CHRIST'S ATTITUDE AND EXAMPLE AS TO
TITHING Jews, in the time of Christ, ruled by Gentiles -- Tithing among the Romans, Samaritans, and Palestine Jew -- Essenes, Sadducees, and Pharisees -- The
Pharisees, tithe payers par excellence, and how admitted to membership -- Varieties of Pharisees, and our Lord's attitude towards them -- Prevalence of tithe-paying, and impossibility of
indifference thereto -- Christ not regarded as "uninstructed" -- His teaching respected and consulted by the learned -- Christ entertained by Pharisees and not accused of withholding dues
-- His parents scrupulous in legal observances on His behalf -- Christ's observance of the law and payment of temple money -- Our Lord's purse, and its tripartite expenditures Chapter 11
CHRIST'S TEACHING ON TITHING AND
BENEFICENCE Christ's teaching on tithe-paying and beneficence -- Christ's exhortations to almsgiving, its proportion, and wholeheartedness -- Denunciations of
Pharisees explained -- His commendation of three large givers -- Summary of Christ's teaching in relation to tithe-paying Chapter 12
EARLY CHRISTIAN
GIVING Community of goods and money among the first disciples -- Wholeheartedness of Barnabas, and fraud of Ananias -- Apostolic organization of charity --
Alms of Tabitha, and of Cornelius -- Peter's relation to rabbinical tithe-paying -- Grecian Jews at Antioch sending alms by Barnabas -- Tithe-paying not rescinded at first Council at
Jerusalem, Paul acting as almoner Chapter 13
ST. PAUL'S TEACHING AND
PERSONAL EXAMPLE Paul's injunctions about raising a church fund -- His instructions to Galatians, Corinthians, and Philippians about giving -- Paul's application of
Mosaic claims to Christian -- Is the law concerning tithe abrogated? -- Paul's example, and instructions to Corinthians and Ephesians concerning almsgiving and hospitality -- The proper
recipients of Christian almsgiving -- Paul's own standard as to giving -- Retrospect of entire field of revelation as to tithe-paying and beneficence -- Denial of God's claim to a portion
of income equivalent to spiritual anarchy. | 