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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... presents the most radical program for continuous social reform to be found in the Old Testament . 1 This is particularly the case with regard to land reform . Here the very basic notions of private property and economic viability are ...
... presents the most radical program for continuous social reform to be found in the Old Testament . 1 This is particularly the case with regard to land reform . Here the very basic notions of private property and economic viability are ...
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... 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 group adapted the jubilee to recreate a stability ...
... 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 group adapted the jubilee to recreate a stability ...
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... p . 19 ; note also Berger and Luckmann , The Social Construction of Reality , p . 38 4. Geertz , The Interpretation of Cultures , pp . 91-94 . itself in the ever - present face of chaos'.1 The 18 Land Tenure and the Biblical Jubilee.
... p . 19 ; note also Berger and Luckmann , The Social Construction of Reality , p . 38 4. Geertz , The Interpretation of Cultures , pp . 91-94 . itself in the ever - present face of chaos'.1 The 18 Land Tenure and the Biblical Jubilee.
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... present face of chaos'.1 The priests were trying to explain the universe in terms of an order that participated in the stability and power of the divine , an order that could be relied upon to exist in the future , thus allowing the ...
... present face of chaos'.1 The priests were trying to explain the universe in terms of an order that participated in the stability and power of the divine , an order that could be relied upon to exist in the future , thus allowing the ...
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... present during the exile . The objective meanings shared by the Israelite community — represented by the priestly view2 — were gathered and written down for the purpose of transmitting them to a new generation , insofar as those shared ...
... present during the exile . The objective meanings shared by the Israelite community — represented by the priestly view2 — were gathered and written down for the purpose of transmitting them to a new generation , insofar as those shared ...
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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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