Property and the family in biblical law / Raymond Westbrook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Westbrook, Raymond.

Series:

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 113

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Domestic relations (Jewish law).

Jewish law.

Property (Jewish law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, Eng. : JSOT Press, c1991.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Biblical property law was concerned less with the efficient use and transfer of commercial assets than with protecting the rights of the family to the sources of their economic survival. This important collection of essays explores the legal link between property and family in the Bible, whether through the general law of inheritance or through special institutions such as redemption, the levirate and the sabbatical and jubilee years.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 PURCHASE OF THE CAVE OF MACHPELAH; Chapter 2 JUBILEE LAWS; Chapter 3 REDEMPTION OF LAND; Chapter 4 THE LAW OF THE BIBLICAL LEVIRATE; Chapter 5 THE PRICE FACTOR IN THE REDEMPTION OF LAND; Chapter 6 UNDIVIDED INHERITANCE; Chapter 7 THE DOWRY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-170) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611804213

9781281804211

1281804215

9780567607560

0567607569

OCLC:

603552937