Jesus was not a socialist, but he was completely Jewish. Both the Hebrew and the New Covenant Scriptures are profoundly Jewish in their character and practice. Ironically, both the good examples of the Hebrew model, as well as the corrupted ones, can be traced in part, to Jewish or Hebrew roots. The American founding and the English system are positive examples. Our modern nation-states and their failed welfare schemes or the South African Apartheid state are negative ones. Our failed, democratic, socialist economies are based on the algebraic alchemy of Keynesian economics – specifically formulated as a rejection of Christian values. LiL, 2 hours, taught by Jim Wallis.