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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782352203321

Autore

Westbrook Raymond

Titolo

Property and the family in biblical law / / Raymond Westbrook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, Eng., : JSOT Press, c1991

ISBN

1-281-80421-5

9786611804213

0-567-60756-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 pages)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 113

Disciplina

016.22

Soggetti

Domestic relations (Jewish law)

Jewish law

Property (Jewish law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-170) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.