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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... individuals and society . After an examination of the history of the jubilee tradition and of a group of priests who adopted that tradition in the late exilic period , I will use the sociology of knowledge to illuminate the ways in ...
... individuals and society . After an examination of the history of the jubilee tradition and of a group of priests who adopted that tradition in the late exilic period , I will use the sociology of knowledge to illuminate the ways in ...
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... individual , generation and societal subgroup views the world from its own particular perspective — either slightly or significantly different from others . If that tendency were allowed to be actualized without restraint , an orderly ...
... individual , generation and societal subgroup views the world from its own particular perspective — either slightly or significantly different from others . If that tendency were allowed to be actualized without restraint , an orderly ...
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... individual interpretations of the world within acceptable bounds . ( By definition they are ' conservative ' in that they tend to conserve the social order . ) If that base is weakened or destroyed , the shared meanings that constitute ...
... individual interpretations of the world within acceptable bounds . ( By definition they are ' conservative ' in that they tend to conserve the social order . ) If that base is weakened or destroyed , the shared meanings that constitute ...
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... individuals with the motivation to act according to the shared value meanings of the community . The priests had a certain moral world - view which organized the value meanings they received from their predecessors and formed the ...
... individuals with the motivation to act according to the shared value meanings of the community . The priests had a certain moral world - view which organized the value meanings they received from their predecessors and formed the ...
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... individuals to gain access to these opportunities , and define in part the nature , dimensions and future security of such opportunities . In short , land tenure institutions determine the pattern of income distribution in the farm ...
... individuals to gain access to these opportunities , and define in part the nature , dimensions and future security of such opportunities . In short , land tenure institutions determine the pattern of income distribution in the farm ...
المحتوى
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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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