The Social Legislation of the Primitive SemitesYale University Press, 1915 - 245 pages |
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... the bride - price and the dowry seem to have been dispensed with . But this is an excep- tion ; cf. Kohler and Peiser , op . cit . , I , 8 . According to the Code the tirḥatu shall be carefully set OF THE PRIMITIVE SEMITES 21.
... the bride - price and the dowry seem to have been dispensed with . But this is an excep- tion ; cf. Kohler and Peiser , op . cit . , I , 8 . According to the Code the tirḥatu shall be carefully set OF THE PRIMITIVE SEMITES 21.
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... tion of a general law to the effect that if a man die without male issue his daughter shall inherit the property . In the event of there being no daughter the brothers of the deceased shall be entitled to the succession , 115 the next ...
... tion of a general law to the effect that if a man die without male issue his daughter shall inherit the property . In the event of there being no daughter the brothers of the deceased shall be entitled to the succession , 115 the next ...
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... tion is too closely interwoven in the very warp and woof of early Israelitish arrangements to be thus set aside by what is clearly an innovation in the days of 118 v . 3 . 119 v . 6 . 120 vv . 8-9 . 121 Smith , Kinship , 66 . 122 Deut ...
... tion is too closely interwoven in the very warp and woof of early Israelitish arrangements to be thus set aside by what is clearly an innovation in the days of 118 v . 3 . 119 v . 6 . 120 vv . 8-9 . 121 Smith , Kinship , 66 . 122 Deut ...
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... tion of a son , and she shall enjoy it as long as she lives . After her ( death ) it belongs to her brothers . " " 126 That the sheriqtu127 of the Code actually takes the place of a right to share in the inheritance128 is evident from ...
... tion of a son , and she shall enjoy it as long as she lives . After her ( death ) it belongs to her brothers . " " 126 That the sheriqtu127 of the Code actually takes the place of a right to share in the inheritance128 is evident from ...
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... tion . ' " 162 From a tablet of the Neo - Babylonian period we learn that the eldest son did not content himself with a share of the inheritance , the equiva- lent of a preference portion being secured to him by deed.163 The nature of ...
... tion . ' " 162 From a tablet of the Neo - Babylonian period we learn that the eldest son did not content himself with a share of the inheritance , the equiva- lent of a preference portion being secured to him by deed.163 The nature of ...
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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.