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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... indicate some economic inequality . However , present evidence indicates that the radical stratification that leads to a bimodal society did not take place until after the establishment of the monarchy . Economic Factors As well as ...
... indicates that this material is based on ancient traditions . The delineation of the boundary leaves out the territory east of the Jordan , thus making the boundaries of the land conform more closely with the territory promised 70 Land ...
... indicates that any transaction is in reality a leasing of the usufruct rights of the land . The jubilee does deal with individual rights ; it does not so sub- ordinate the individual to the community as to sacrifice the welfare of the ...