[ 39 ]Index162; rabbinic perspective, x xii, 40,
42, 99, 116–19, 127, 133, 136–37,
154–61, 188–89, 225n87; social
status of yevama, 41, 42, 128,
133–36, 138, 139; yevama’s role
in, xvii–xviii, 27, 117, 136–37, 140,
151–52, 225n86
Hanin, Rabbi, 92, 93
Hauptman, Judith, 126–27, 222n13
Hebrew Bible: on childlessness
problem, 31–32, 43, 183;
chronology difficulties, 24,
33–34; and daughter as heir,
169; extended family in, 44, 127,
128, 161, 204, 212n31; family
definition in, 48–51, 54; fraternal
relationships in, 99–101, 102;
halitza in, 25–26, 42, 99, 117–19,
198; inheritance in, 37; kinship
terminology, 54, 57; levirate in,
xvii–xviii, x x–x xi, 23–24, 167,
197–98, 211n6; levir’s obligations
in, xvii–xviii, 167–68, 197–98;
and motivations regarding
levirate, xix, x x, 113, 161; paternity
in, 171, 220n36; procreation
commandment, 189–90; and
strategy of continuity for levirate,
36–37, 99, 109–10, 167–69; and
yevama, 207–8n7, 215n30. See
also Deuteronomy; Genesis 38;
Leviticus; Numbers; Ruth, Book of
Hillel, School of, 132, 137, 142, 143,
144–46, 190
Hindu levirate traditions, 17–19
History of Marriage Systems, A (Quale),
3
Hiy ya bar Abba, Rabbi, 155, 156,
157–58, 162
Horizontal vs. vertical inheritance,
184, 189, 218n106
Household, 48–50, 51, 52, 195–97, 204
Huna, Rav, 74, 157
Husband and wife: and bride-service,
13; husband as inheritor from wife,
82, 216n38; and levirate union as
marriage, x x, 44, 193; as one body
in Hinduism, 17; rabbinic focus on
relationship of, xvi, x xiv; widow as
husband’s heir, 15, 26, 57
Husband’s family: claim on marriage
settlement, 132–33, 143, 148; wife’s
relationship to, 6, 7, 9, 48, 144, 161,
196; and yevama’s motivations for
levirate, 163–64; ziqqa bond, 128,
146, 147, 150
Husband-succession, 3
Ideal vs. real family, xix, x xi, 202,
229n1
Illegitimate children (mamzer), 102–3,
130, 169, 191
Incest taboos: biblical origins, 30–31,
43, 50, 58–60, 89; and extended-
relative unions, 67–68, 84–85; and
family definition, 58–66, 82–93;
father-daughter issue, 58, 219n114;
and fraternal relationship, 101–2;
levirate intersection with, 18, 40,
45, 59–62, 82–93, 95–96, 115–16;
and motivations for relationship,
65; and widow’s relatives, 128
Individual: in biblical levirate
texts, 37; vs. family, 34–35, 38,
98–99; family role of, 47, 52–58;
marriage as between individuals,
8; procreation commandment as
concern of, 190; rabbinic focus on,
xvi–xvii, x xv, 95, 128, 204
Inheritance: biblical perspective,
37, 169, 201–2; by children from
mother, 9, 82, 174; descent systems,
48, 49, 51, 53, 69–73, 94; and
eligibility of brothers for levirate,
105; and family definition, 79–82,
95; by female family members, 25,
36, 43, 169, 182, 185–86, 217n84,
218n100; horizontal vs. vertical,
16, 184, 189, 218n106; and levirate
as strategy of continuity, xviii,
10–18, 185; by levirate children
from deceased father, 4, 12,
19–20, 26, 27, 38, 43, 109–12, 116,
171, 186, 188; by levirate children
from levir, 4, 12, 21, 110–11, 168,
172, 174, 177, 182–83, 188, 191,
209n11; by levir from deceased
brother, 16, 27, 109–13, 122, 173–75;
overview, 6–7, 14–19; and paternity
of levirate child, 173–74, 177–82;
rabbinic perspective, x xiv–x xv, 4,
101, 201–2; spiritual heirs, 192;