The Social Legislation of the Primitive SemitesYale University Press, 1915 - 245 pages |
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... cultivation of the soil , marks an important epoch in the scale of human culture . Land from now on becomes an economic factor to be reckoned with . The possession of land by an agricultural community naturally contributes its share to ...
... cultivation of the soil , marks an important epoch in the scale of human culture . Land from now on becomes an economic factor to be reckoned with . The possession of land by an agricultural community naturally contributes its share to ...
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... cultivated lands awarded to her by the judges in a legal action of a later date.137 Whether this prop- erty had been previously acquired by purchase or by inheritance is uncertain . Property of the former type might be inherited by the ...
... cultivated lands awarded to her by the judges in a legal action of a later date.137 Whether this prop- erty had been previously acquired by purchase or by inheritance is uncertain . Property of the former type might be inherited by the ...
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Henry Schaeffer. life interest in the 30 qa of cultivated lands awarded to her by deed and not full rights to ' dispose of her portion for money . When Burashu dies the 30 qa of land shall belong to her son . ' 139 Failing a dowry the ...
Henry Schaeffer. life interest in the 30 qa of cultivated lands awarded to her by deed and not full rights to ' dispose of her portion for money . When Burashu dies the 30 qa of land shall belong to her son . ' 139 Failing a dowry the ...
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... cultivated ( irrigated ) plot of ground . 28 Daiches , Altbab . Rechtsurkunden aus der Zeit der Hammurabi- Dynastie , in Leipziger Sem . Stud . , I , 2 , p . 38 , no . 5 . " Pinches , op . cit . , 237 . Land values in Babylonia were ...
... cultivated ( irrigated ) plot of ground . 28 Daiches , Altbab . Rechtsurkunden aus der Zeit der Hammurabi- Dynastie , in Leipziger Sem . Stud . , I , 2 , p . 38 , no . 5 . " Pinches , op . cit . , 237 . Land values in Babylonia were ...
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... cultivated land , for- merly held by the claimant's father , are redeemed or bought back for seven sheqels of silver.66 It is but reasonable to suppose that the seven sheqels cor- respond to the amount paid by the previous pur- chaser ...
... cultivated land , for- merly held by the claimant's father , are redeemed or bought back for seven sheqels of silver.66 It is but reasonable to suppose that the seven sheqels cor- respond to the amount paid by the previous pur- chaser ...
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According aliens Anathoth ancient Arabia Arabic ba'al Babylonian Baentsch be-el belong Benzinger book of Ruth brother Buhl Chron claim clan Code of Hammurabi creditor cubits daughter debt debtor deceased Deut dowry Ezek father female slave field give goël grain Hammurabi hand Hebrew heir husband Ibid Iltani inheritance interest Israel Israelite Jastrow Jerusalem Josephus jubilee Judg king Kinship Kohler and Peiser land levirate levirate marriage Levites loan male Marduk marriage marry Meissner migrash mother Muḥammadan Muslim Nippur Nowack owner passage paternal patriarchy period pledge Poebel portion possession priestly priestly code priests Procksch prophet Qur'an receive redeemed regarded Ruth Shamash sheqels sheqels of silver sold sons tablet taxes temple thee thou shalt tion tithe tribal tribe unto usury village wali Wellhausen widow wife Yahwe
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Page 71 - And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Page 71 - I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Page 144 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 158 - Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release is at hand ; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought ; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee...
Page 113 - And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner ; that he may live with thee. Take thou no usury of him, or increase : but fear thy God ; that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
Page 109 - And your slaves! See that ye feed them with such food as ye eat yourselves; and clothe them with the stuff ye wear; and if they commit a fault which ye are not inclined to forgive, then part from them for they are the servants of the Lord, and are not to be harshly treated.
Page 113 - I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
Page 92 - Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Page 131 - Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend ; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
Page 162 - And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.