Land Tenure and the Biblical Jubilee: Uncovering Hebrew Ethics Through the Sociology of KnowledgeBloomsbury Academic, 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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... Persian period . The precise effects of his policies on the strength of the empire are difficult to determine ; however , subjective responses are sometimes more important to the progress of history than objective facts . Therefore ...
... Persians ' need to maintain a unified empire while allowing these groups a degree of cul- tural autonomy would have forced those peoples to walk a narrow path between their own nationalistic inclinations and capitulation to Persian ...
... Persians ; thus , the priests were leaders of the religious and social life of the community , but the Persians would deal with military matters . The jubilee as we now have it was not an attempt to give a sword to every family . The ...