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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... important contribution to the way in which we examine ancient texts . The social sciences possess the advantage of having testable theories which can prevent the introduction of biases founded upon ' intuition'.2 Unfortunately ...
... important contribution to the way in which we examine ancient texts . The social sciences possess the advantage of having testable theories which can prevent the introduction of biases founded upon ' intuition'.2 Unfortunately ...
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... important insight into the way societies exist . The present study of the jubilee will incorporate all three of these models . I will examine how land tenure laws functioned to maintain a stable economic environment and how the priestly ...
... important insight into the way societies exist . The present study of the jubilee will incorporate all three of these models . I will examine how land tenure laws functioned to maintain a stable economic environment and how the priestly ...
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... important transcendent reality for Israel ( and the vast majority of cultures throughout history ) and the one within which the jubilee was finally placed . Berger defines religion as ' the establishment , through human activity , of an ...
... important transcendent reality for Israel ( and the vast majority of cultures throughout history ) and the one within which the jubilee was finally placed . Berger defines religion as ' the establishment , through human activity , of an ...
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... importance of justice , the superiority of representative governance , or the drive for power by becoming involved in the legislative process . In the case of the jubilee , we will be examining the intent of priests in their adoption ...
... importance of justice , the superiority of representative governance , or the drive for power by becoming involved in the legislative process . In the case of the jubilee , we will be examining the intent of priests in their adoption ...
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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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