Egyptian-Hebrew stream·Mishnah·Treatises V. Shebiith to XI. Bikoorim [synopses]
Synopses: Shebiith through Bikkurim
Synopses of seven tractates: Shebiith (Sabbatical year), Terumoth (heave-offering), Maaseroth (first tithe), Maaser Sheni (second tithe), Hallah (first dough), Orlah (uncircumcised trees), Bikkurim (first fruits).
Source context
- Theme
- Tannaitic agricultural law — sabbatical year, tithes, first-fruits, and priestly dues as ritual ordering of land-tenure and sacred economy
Steiner
not engaged in the GA corpus
Cross-tradition
- Vedic ritual economy (dakshina / yagna)Cross-tradition congruence appears in the Vedic system of ritual offerings and consecrated portions (dakshina), which likewise structures agricultural surplus as a sacred obligation mediating between human community and cosmic order.
- Islamic fiqh — zakat and 'ushrCross-tradition congruence appears in Islamic jurisprudence's obligatory almsgiving (zakat) and the one-tenth agricultural tithe ('ushr), both of which encode consecrated redistribution of land-produce as a binding religious duty.
- Pythagorean / Aristotelian political economyCross-tradition congruence appears in the Aristotelian concept of distributive justice applied to civic goods, which parallels the Mishnah's systematic allocation of agricultural produce to priests, Levites, the poor, and the sanctuary.
Treatises V. Shebiith to XI. Bikoorim [synopses]
[Treats of laws relating to the Seventh Sabbatical year, founded on Exod. xxiii. 10, Lev. xxv. 1, and Deut. xv. 1.]
[Contains laws founded on Num. xviii. 8, relating to the heave-offering, consecrated to the use of the priesthood].
[Contains laws relating to the first tithes, founded on Lev. xxvii. 30, and Num. xviii. 28].
[Contains laws relating to the second tithes, founded on Deut. xiv. 22, and xxvi. 14].
[Contains laws relating to the first dough, founded on Num. xv. 20.]
[Relates to uncircumcised trees, i.e., trees newly planted, the fruits of which must not be eaten during the first three years, and which are consecrated during the fourth. The rules and regulations on this subject are founded on Lev. xix. 23.]
[Contains laws relating to first-fruits, founded on Exod. xxiii. 19, and Deut. xxvi. 1.]
Which closes the first Seder Zeraim [of seeds] containing Agrarian Laws.
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