Levirate Marriage and the Family in Ancient Judaism

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levirate marriage and the family in ancient judaism ...

HBI SerIeS on JewISH women Shulamit reinharz, General editor Sylvia Barack Fishman, Associate editor The HBI Series on Jewish wo ...

Dvora E. Weisberg Levirate Marriage and the Family in Ancient Judaism BrAnDeIS UnIverSITY PreSS Waltham, Massachusetts Published ...

BrAnDeIS UnIv erSITY PreSS Published by University Press of new england, one Court Street, Lebanon, nH 03766 http://www.upne.com ...

This book is dedicated to the memory of my teacher Dr. Baruch M. Bokser rabbi eleazar ben Shammua said: Let the honor of your st ...

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Contents Foreword ix Acknowledgments xi note on Translations and Abbreviations xiii Introduction xv 1 The Institution of Levirat ...

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[ ix ] Foreword The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute (HBI) is delighted to present this study of the nuclear family in ancient Judais ...

[ x ] Foreword a nd ch i ld. Instead, her goa l is to reflect on what ta kes precedence i n Jew- ish decision-making. First, the ...

[ xi ] Acknowledgments I am grateful for the friends and colleagues whose suggestions and ques- tions have enriched this work, i ...

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[ xiii ] note on translations and abbreviations All biblical quotations are from Tanakh: A New Translation of the Holy Scripture ...

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[ xv ] Introduction To understand the constantly changing nature of families, just flip through a photo album. Begin by opening ...

Introduction [ xvi ] A society’s definition of family can also change, reflecting patterns of settlement, understanding of marri ...

Introduction [ xvii ] the perspective of the law, but he or she will not necessarily have obliga- tions to other members of that ...

Introduction [ xviii ] house! And he shall go in Israel by the name of “the family of the unsandaled one.”^4 This passage from D ...

Introduction [ xix ] hope restored or hope dashed make levirate an institution that offers a fascinating opportunity to study th ...