Levirate Marriage and the Family in Ancient Judaism

[ 34 ] Bibliography Satlow, Michael L. Jewish Marriage in Antiquity. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1. Schwart ...

[ 35 ] Index Abba Saul, 65, 115 Abbaye, 145, 147, 155 Abraham (patriarch), 54, 99–100, 183, 189, 215n28 Adoption, 19, 20, 36, 1 ...

[ 36 ] Index Brother of childless deceased. See Levir Brothers, relationship among. See Fraternal relationships Brothers born a ...

[ 3 ] Index discomfort with levirate, 210n58; and social status of widow, 8–14, 134–35, 221n2; strategies of continuity, 184, ...

[ 38 ] Index Family (continued) roles in, 47, 52–58; and inheritance, 79–82, 95; kinship structures and terminology, 10, 48–50, ...

[ 39 ] Index 162; rabbinic perspective, x xii, 40, 42, 99, 116–19, 127, 133, 136–37, 154–61, 188–89, 225n87; social status of y ...

[ 4 ] Index Inheritance (continued) from uncles, 219n117; vertical vs. horizontal, 16, 184, 189, 218n106; widow as husband’s h ...

[ 41 ] Index L’galot erva, 59 Lineage: descent systems, 48, 49, 51, 53, 69–73, 94; overview, 19–21; preservation as reason for ...

[ 4 ] Index Mishnah (continued) testimony eligibility, 55, 76–77; types of women in, 140; on waiting period for levirate, 177 ...

[ 43 ] Index Polyandry, 66 Polygamy, 66 Polygyny: and continuity strategy, 36, 184; defining, 66; and levirate practice, 6, 22, ...

[ 44 ] Index Rereading the Rabbis (Hauptman), 126–27, 222n13 Roman Empire. See Greco-Roman culture Ruth (widow in biblical narr ...

[ 45 ] Index 82, 104–5, 107, 174–75; and brother vs. child as heir to deceased, 110–12; on co-widows situation, 62–64; cultural ...

[ 46 ] Index 7, 16, 128; marriage settlement collection, 42, 128; patriarchal control over, 8; power of, 12, 13–14, 124, 148–50 ...