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1 online resource (177 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 113
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 113.
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| Note |
"Chapters 1-3 first appeared in Volume 6 of the Israel law review for 1971 (p. 29-38, 209-25, and 367-75, respectively); Chapter 4 appeared in Volume 24 of the Revue internationale des droits de l'antiquité (3rd series) for 1977 (p. 65-87); and Chapter 5 in Volume 32 of the same journal for 1985 (p. 97-127). Chapter 6 was presented as a lecture to the Department of Civil Law of the University of Edinburgh in May 1990, and Chapter 7 was presented as a paper to the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting in Sheffield, England, in August 1988"--Preface. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-170) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 PURCHASE OF THE CAVE OF MACHPELAH; Chapter 2 JUBILEE LAWS; Chapter 3 REDEMPTION OF LAND; Chapter 4 THE LAW OF THE BIBLICAL LEVIRATE; Chapter 5 THE PRICE FACTOR IN THE REDEMPTION OF LAND; Chapter 6 UNDIVIDED INHERITANCE; Chapter 7 THE DOWRY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors. |
| Summary |
Biblical property law was concerned less with the efficient use and transfer of commercial assets than with protecting the rights of the family to the sources of their economic survival. This important collection of essays explores the legal link between property and family in the Bible, whether through the general law of inheritance or through special institutions such as redemption, the levirate and the sabbatical and jubilee years. It brings together the author's existing contributions, previously published in disparate law journals, to which have been added several unpublished studies and. |
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| Subject |
Bible. |
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Property (Jewish law)
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Property (Jewish law) |
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Domestic relations (Jewish law)
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Domestic relations (Jewish law) |
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Jewish law.
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Jewish law. |
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Christianity Scriptures Special subjects Law |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Westbrook, Raymond. Property and the family in biblical law. Sheffield, Eng. : JSOT Press, ©1991 (OCoLC)24679447 |
| ISBN |
9780567607560 (electronic book) |
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0567607569 (electronic book) |
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1850752710 |
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9781850752714 |
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