Levirate Marriage and the Family in Ancient Judaism

Notes [ 14 ] M. Yev. 4 : 3. . M. Yev. 4 : 4. 1. M. Yev. 4 :. . M. Yev. 4 :. 3. M. Yev. 6 : 1. 4. T. Yev. :; M. Yev ...

Notes [ 15 ] private and public space in Roman Palestine, as well as the conjunction of resi- dential and business space. See B ...

Notes [ 16 ] The source of a husband’s right to inherit from his wife is debated at B. BB 111 b – 113 a. Later commentators ar ...

Notes [ 1 ] to allow levirate marriage or halitza when there was even, in theory, a slim pos- sibility of procreation, but not ...

Notes [ 18 ] 8. B. MQ b. 88. Sifra on Lev. 1:. 89. This standard is also found in the Yerushalmi, MQ 3 : 5 (8c, 8d – 83 ...

Notes [ 19 ] ther’s sister, since these women cannot marry a man’s brother by the same father and therefore never could be in a ...

Notes [  ] Ps. 133 : 1. Num. 1: 1. For an extended discussion of fraternal relationships in the He- brew Bible, see Greensp ...

Notes [ 1 ] B. Yev. 4a. M. Yev. 4 :. 4. M. Yev. 4 : 11. B. Yev. 39 b. 4. M. Yev. 15 : 8 ; 15 :1. The Gemara ackno ...

Notes [  ] by at least one widow and one brother. If there is no brother, the widow is pre- sumably treated like a “normal” w ...

Notes [ 3 ] . Sifre Deuteronomy 88 and M. Yev. : 1 – . Other factors that determine whether the brother is a suitable can ...

Notes [ 4 ] B. Yev. 19 b cites a baraita in which the sages assert that ma’amar without the yevama’s consent is ineffective. ...

Notes [ 5 ] . Y. Yev. 4 : 3 ( 5 d). 8. B. Yev. 38 a – 39 a. 9. In some societies, rights to the widow devolve on a specifi ...

Notes [ 6 ] that sugya as well, the Bavli proposes a preferable way to manage the situation, one that involves an action by th ...

Notes [  ] widows to their husbands’ male relatives, who are then the legal fathers of sub- sequent children. This type of ar ...

Notes [ 8 ] a stor y in B. Ber. 56 a suggests that a stepmother might not be concerned with the welfare of her husband’s child ...

Notes [ 9 ] 6. M. Yev. 4 :1. 63. M. Yev. 11 : 6 – . 64. M. Qid. 4 : 1 – 3. 65. T. Yev. 1: 8. This presumption is sometimes ...

Notes [ 3 ] sexual intercourse will be preceded by ma’amar, a declaration that requires the woman’s consent, seeks to transfor ...

[ 31 ] Bibliography Ahroni, Reuben. “The Levirate and Human Rights.” In Jewish Law and Current Legal Problems. Edited by Nahum ...

[ 3 ] Bibliography Carr, David M. “Controversy and Convergence in Recent Studies of the Formation of the Pentateuch.” Religiou ...

[ 33 ] Bibliography Ilan, Tal. Jewish Women in Greco-Roman Palestine. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 1996. Kahn, Susan ...