The Social Legislation of the Primitive SemitesYale University Press, 1915 - 245 pages |
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... SLAVERY Adopted male slaves entitled to succession - The insti- tution of slavery and material progress - Concen- tration of property under Solomon and its effects - Laws for enslaved debtors and their enforcement - Slavery in Babylonia ...
... SLAVERY Adopted male slaves entitled to succession - The insti- tution of slavery and material progress - Concen- tration of property under Solomon and its effects - Laws for enslaved debtors and their enforcement - Slavery in Babylonia ...
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... slaves could be adopted into Baby- lonian families under precisely the same terms . The argument is sometimes brought forth that the high position accorded women in the Code of Hammurabi bcomes intelligible by postulating the prevalence ...
... slaves could be adopted into Baby- lonian families under precisely the same terms . The argument is sometimes brought forth that the high position accorded women in the Code of Hammurabi bcomes intelligible by postulating the prevalence ...
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... slaves ; indeed , the rela- tions of sonship and serfdom appear to differ in little beyond the higher capacity which the child in blood possesses of becoming one day the head of a family himself . The flocks and herds of the children ...
... slaves ; indeed , the rela- tions of sonship and serfdom appear to differ in little beyond the higher capacity which the child in blood possesses of becoming one day the head of a family himself . The flocks and herds of the children ...
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... slave , for instance . A returning huntsman , observing from a distance that two of his wives were engaged in a deadly combat , shot an arrow in the direction of the two combatants with the intention of deterring them . One of the women ...
... slave , for instance . A returning huntsman , observing from a distance that two of his wives were engaged in a deadly combat , shot an arrow in the direction of the two combatants with the intention of deterring them . One of the women ...
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... slavery by his father : " If a son say to his father , " Thou art not my father , " 18 he may brand him , lay fetters upon him , and sell him for silver " ( as a slave ) .19 The same principle is subsequently extended with some ...
... slavery by his father : " If a son say to his father , " Thou art not my father , " 18 he may brand him , lay fetters upon him , and sell him for silver " ( as a slave ) .19 The same principle is subsequently extended with some ...
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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.