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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... intended to ensure an equal place in the new community for impoverished exiles returning to their homeland.2 Gerhard Wallis states that the story of Elimelech and Naomi is a better parallel of the jubilee legislation than that of ...
... intended it to be executed literally . Regarding the first assumption , there is little debate ; although land reform in general often leads to improved food production , 3 a periodic , universal reform as described by the jubilee laws ...
... intended order willed by God to disintegrate . Not only is the divine jus- tice offended , the very world created by God unravels , allowing people who are intended to be the free servants of God to become encumbered by debt and ...