Land Tenure and the Biblical Jubilee: Uncovering Hebrew Ethics through the Sociology of KnowledgeBloomsbury Publishing, 01/02/1993 - 135 من الصفحات The biblical jubilee represents one of the most radical programmes for land reform from the ancient Near East, yet it was never practised in ancient Israel. What then is the meaning of this sacred law that was never enforced? This cogently argued book attempts to answer that question by using the tools of sociological analysis. Fager examines three levels of meaning within the jubilee legislation, which was produced by the priestly intellectuals during the period of exile. The actual words of the text carry one meaning and the priests intended a slightly different meaning, but underlying both was a moral world view that guided them. The laws of the biblical jubilee thus enable us to examine the deepest level of the ancient Israelites' understanding of land and justice. |
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... example of such knowledge is the ' jubilee tradition ' . ) However , since the creation and maintenance of a world constitute a dialectic process , in which people influence the social world as well as being shaped by it , there is ...
... example of such knowledge is the ' jubilee tradition ' . ) However , since the creation and maintenance of a world constitute a dialectic process , in which people influence the social world as well as being shaped by it , there is ...
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... example was the shift from a loose confederation to a centralized monarchy . It seems that the taken - for - granted notion of ' jubilee ' survived — but in a different form . The Babylonian exile represented a catastrophic disruption ...
... example was the shift from a loose confederation to a centralized monarchy . It seems that the taken - for - granted notion of ' jubilee ' survived — but in a different form . The Babylonian exile represented a catastrophic disruption ...
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... example , the actual events one might observe at a base- ball game or a cocktail party ( who attended , what was served , the content of the conversation ) . If one is dealing with an institution ( like the jubilee ) , this refers to ...
... example , the actual events one might observe at a base- ball game or a cocktail party ( who attended , what was served , the content of the conversation ) . If one is dealing with an institution ( like the jubilee ) , this refers to ...
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... examples of their justice . ) Secondly , a separation is 1. For an examination of particular examples of land tenure systems in the ancient Near East , see Fager , ' Land Tenure and the Biblical Jubilee ' , pp . 25-45 . often made ...
... examples of their justice . ) Secondly , a separation is 1. For an examination of particular examples of land tenure systems in the ancient Near East , see Fager , ' Land Tenure and the Biblical Jubilee ' , pp . 25-45 . often made ...
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... example , in Assyria , land could be leased for a specified amount of time , allowing the owner to retain possession of the land while the lessee received the usufruct . 1 This distinction between ownership and access allowed the ...
... example , in Assyria , land could be leased for a specified amount of time , allowing the owner to retain possession of the land while the lessee received the usufruct . 1 This distinction between ownership and access allowed the ...
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A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE JUBILEE IN THE LATE EXILIC PERIOD | 37 |
THE MORAL WORLDVIEW OF THE JUBILEE | 83 |
CONCLUSION | 119 |
The Literary Strata of Leviticus 25 | 123 |
Selected Bibliography | 126 |
Index of References | 132 |
Index of Authors | 134 |
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