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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... refers to the actual structure and rules of the institution as we find it in Leviticus 25 and the real effects of its existence . The second level of meaning is the ' expressive meaning ' . This level refers to the intent of the actors ...
... refers specifically to cultivated land first , because according to Leviticus 27 it is the only land whose worth is capable of being measured by the seed required to sow it , and secondly because it is etymologically related to the ...
... refers to interest deducted from the loan before it is given , while t / marbît ( ' increase ' ) refers to interest added to the repayment.1 Verse 37 suggests that nešek refers to interest on loans of money , while t / marbît refers to ...