Tithes
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
|
1997
|
|
© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
Tithes Judaism
(Heb.,
maʿaser). Money or goods levied for the maintaining of sacral institutions. Several types of tithe are mentioned in the Hebrew scriptures. According to Numbers 18. 24, the ‘first tithe’ was given to the
Levites after the ‘heave-offering’ (
terumah) had been separated from it for the
priest. The ‘second tithe’ (Leviticus 27. 30–1; Deuteronomy 14. 22–6) was a tenth part of the ‘first tithe’. The laws of tithes are compiled in the tractate
Maʿaserot in the
Mishnah.
Christianity
In Europe a system of tithes came into legal force in the early Middle Ages (e.g. in England in 900), as a tax for the support of the Church and relief of the poor. The levy consisted of a tenth part, originally of the produce of lands (‘praedial’ tithes) and later of the profits of labour also (‘personal’ tithes). The system did not survive the secularization of continental European states after the
Reformation.
For regulated giving in other religions, see
ZAKĀT;
DASWANDH.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
My last glimpse of Norman Kirk
Newspaper article from: The Press; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...CHRISTOPHER MOORE. When they carried Norman Eric Kirk to his grave, New Zealand was also...never encountered anyone quite like Norman Kirk. In 1972, he had an immediate...Canterbury burr, was distinctly Norman Kirk's. It delivered some of...
|
|
|
Exhibition to commemorate Kirk's life
Newspaper article from: The Press; 7/17/1999; 372 words
; Former prime minister Norman Kirk will be commemorated in an exhibition...Labour Party. Mrs Alexander visited Mr Kirk's grave in Waimate three years ago...present," Mrs Alexander said. * Norman Eric Kirk died on August 31, 1974, when...
|
|
|
Country unites to mourn favourite son
Newspaper article from: The Press; 2/23/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...the sudden death on August 31 of Norman Eric Kirk, Prime Minister and Leader of the...it meant to be a New Zealander. Norman Kirk had been part of our lives...and political colleagues took Norman Kirk to his simple grave. After...
|
|
|
Youngest PM to die while in office
Newspaper article from: The Press; 5/24/2001; 411 words
; Norman Eric Kirk, at the age of 51, was the fifth and youngest New Zealand prime minister...was the first South Island member to lead his party in the House. * Norman Eric Kirk, politician, 1923-1974. --September 2, 1974...
|
|
Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/31/1999; 599 words
; ...Marchegiano), heavyweight boxer, killed in an air crash 1969; John Ford (Sean O'Feeney), film director, 1973; Norman Eric Kirk, New Zealand prime minister, 1974; Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, president of Finland, 1986; Henry Moore, sculptor...
|
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
|
dean's list: rensselaer polytechnic institute.(Capital Region)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...Troy; Adam Mousa of Wynantskill, Haider Nazeer of East Greenbush, Laura Newson and Zachariah Norman of Troy, Kirk O'Dell of Petersburgh, Eric Olson of Rensselaer, Brittney O'Neal, Charles Osmer, Adam Parkinson, Tara Paul and Matthew...
|
|
GOLF NOTE
News Wire article from: United Press International; 2/8/1999; 700+ words
; ...Cook 53,950 Clark Dennis 6,870 Tom Watson 86,430 32 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open 147,310 Eric Booker Peter Jacobsen 91,340 Greg Norman Kirk Triplett 55,970 33 Bay Hill Invitational 123,610 Billy Andrade 89,302 Robert Damron 12,728...
|
|
Drifting off in Jaglom's `Hollywood'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/25/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Tanna Frederick, Justin Kirk, Zack Norman, David Proval, Karen Black, Melissa Leo, Eric Roberts At: Kendall Square...by producers Kaz (Zack Norman) and Caesar (David Proval...coming on to a Big Star (Eric Roberts), or acting delusional...
|
|
Feds clamp down on Pagans: ; 44-count indictment brought against members of motorcycle club, including many local men
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 10/7/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Daniel Copen, 49, of Charleston; Kirk Norman Dean, 53, of Dunbar; Corey Charles Hinkle, 29, of Charleston; Eric Wayne Lyttle, 30, of Charleston...Michael Roy Sneed, 43, of Charleston; Eric W. Wolfe, 42, of St. Albans and...
|
|
'Trek' trip; UPN's 'Enterprise' will warp back to yesteryear.(Scene)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 7/20/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Calif. - Capt. James T. Kirk is not even a glint in...before the storied days of Kirk and Spock, to a time when...submarine feeling," said Eric Norman, who, as assistant to...Trek') series," said Norman, "but the producers nixed...
|
|
Norman Eric Kirk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Norman Eric Kirk 1923-74, New Zealand political leader. A Labour party member, he rose...president (1964) of the Labor party. In the Nov., 1972, elections Kirk's party gained a parliamentary majority and he assumed the posts of prime...
|
|
Kirk, Norman Eric
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Kirk, Norman Eric (b. 6 Jan. 1923, d. 31 Aug. 1974). Prime Minister of New Zealand...by the world recession which set in with the 1973 oil-price shock . Kirk won strong applause for his condemnation of French nuclear tests at Mururoa...
|
|
Blackmail
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...production design: Wilfred C. Arnold and Norman Arnold; music: Campbell and Connely...Alfred Hitchcock, Paris, 1957. Rohmer, Eric, and Claude Chabrol, Hitchcock, Paris...Review (New York), April 1966. Bond, Kirk, "The Other Alfred Hitchcock," in Film...
|
