The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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Page 67
... story is told , it is doubtless intended to convey the impression that his conduct was a brutal disregard of propriety . A great deal has been written about the survival in Israel of an earlier form of family . This form has no ...
... story is told , it is doubtless intended to convey the impression that his conduct was a brutal disregard of propriety . A great deal has been written about the survival in Israel of an earlier form of family . This form has no ...
Page 72
... story of the daughters of Zelophehad in Numbers . And this mohar or marriage price had , at least by the eighth century , come to be regarded as a trust held by the father for the married daughter , to be restored to her on his death ...
... story of the daughters of Zelophehad in Numbers . And this mohar or marriage price had , at least by the eighth century , come to be regarded as a trust held by the father for the married daughter , to be restored to her on his death ...
Page 106
... story . The second story , where it existed , was generally in the interior court . Nor were the streets laid out in any set pattern . Probably there were several broad streets that cut through the city and led directly to the palace or ...
... story . The second story , where it existed , was generally in the interior court . Nor were the streets laid out in any set pattern . Probably there were several broad streets that cut through the city and led directly to the palace or ...
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