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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... theological warrant ( ' you shall fear your God ' ) . Later in the exile , priestly editors adopted the jubilee laws for ... theological warrants ( which were now expanded ) in the second person plural . ( For a detailed breakdown of ...
... theological warrants for the law . Although much of the material in the Holiness Code could be considered civil rather than sacral , the recurring refrain , ' I am the Lord your God ' , emphasizes the presence of God in all the matters ...
... warrant for ethical behavior , that is , the people are obligated to an ethical code because of their responsibility to their deity . Thus , the very existence of theological warrants for the jubilee implies the tradition of a covenant ...