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Levirate marriage and the family in ancient Judaism / Dvora E. Weisberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weisberg, Dvora E., author.
- Series:
- HBI series on Jewish women.
- HBI Series on Jewish Women
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Levirate--History.
- Levirate.
- Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
- Rabbinical literature.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2009]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provocative exploration of levirate marriage in ancient Judaism that sheds new light on the Jewish family in antiquity and the rabbinic reworking of earlier Israelite law
- Contents:
- The institution of levirate
- Levirate from the Hebrew Bible through the Mishnah
- Mapping the family
- Brothers
- From wife to widow and back again
- Paternity and continuity
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612472916
- 9781282472914
- 1282472917
- 9781584658252
- 1584658258
- OCLC:
- 646815624
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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