Property and the family in biblical law [[electronic resource] /] / Raymond Westbrook
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| Autore: |
Westbrook Raymond
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| Titolo: |
Property and the family in biblical law [[electronic resource] /] / Raymond Westbrook
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| Pubblicazione: | Sheffield, Eng., : JSOT Press, c1991 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (185 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 016.22 |
| Soggetto topico: | Domestic relations (Jewish law) |
| Jewish law | |
| Property (Jewish law) | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. It brings together the author's existing contributions, previously published in disparate law journals, to which have been added several unpublished studies and |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Property and the family in biblical law |
| ISBN: | 1-281-80421-5 |
| 9786611804213 | |
| 0-567-60756-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452965203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies