02916nam 2200649Ia 450 991045296520332120200520144314.01-281-80421-597866118042130-567-60756-9(CKB)1000000000549663(EBL)437010(OCoLC)603552937(SSID)ssj0000229297(PQKBManifestationID)12078072(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229297(PQKBWorkID)10171696(PQKB)11418675(MiAaPQ)EBC437010(Au-PeEL)EBL437010(CaPaEBR)ebr10256279(CaONFJC)MIL180421(OCoLC)893334386(EXLCZ)99100000000054966319920217d1991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrProperty and the family in biblical law[electronic resource] /Raymond WestbrookSheffield, Eng. JSOT Pressc19911 online resource (185 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;113Description based upon print version of record.0-567-12617-X 1-85075-271-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [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 AuthorsBiblical 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the author's existing contributions, previously published in disparate law journals, to which have been added several unpublished studies and The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament StudiesDomestic relations (Jewish law)Jewish lawProperty (Jewish law)Electronic books.Domestic relations (Jewish law)Jewish law.Property (Jewish law)016.22Westbrook Raymond647287MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452965203321Property and the family in biblical law2183435UNINA