The body as property : physical disfigurement in biblical law /
Jacobs, Sandra,
The body as property : physical disfigurement in biblical law / by Sandra Jacobs. - London : T and T Clark, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xvi, 260 pages) : illustrations - Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 582 T & T Clark library of biblical studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- The priestly requirement of circumcision -- Talion in biblical law and narrative -- Legal acquisition : the slave and Israel's cult personnel -- Conclusions.
The Body As Property indicates that physical disfigurement functioned in biblical law to verify legal property acquisition, when changes in the status of dependents were formalized. It is based on the reality the cuneiform script, in particular, was developed in Sumer and Mesopotamia for the purpose of record keeping: to provide legal proof of ownership where the inscription of a tablet evidenced the sale, or transfer, of property. Legitimate property acquisition was as important in biblical law, where physical disfigurements marked dependents, in a similar way that the veil or the head coveri.
Body marking--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Property (Jewish law)
Electronic Books.
GN419 / .B639 2014
The body as property : physical disfigurement in biblical law / by Sandra Jacobs. - London : T and T Clark, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xvi, 260 pages) : illustrations - Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 582 T & T Clark library of biblical studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- The priestly requirement of circumcision -- Talion in biblical law and narrative -- Legal acquisition : the slave and Israel's cult personnel -- Conclusions.
The Body As Property indicates that physical disfigurement functioned in biblical law to verify legal property acquisition, when changes in the status of dependents were formalized. It is based on the reality the cuneiform script, in particular, was developed in Sumer and Mesopotamia for the purpose of record keeping: to provide legal proof of ownership where the inscription of a tablet evidenced the sale, or transfer, of property. Legitimate property acquisition was as important in biblical law, where physical disfigurements marked dependents, in a similar way that the veil or the head coveri.
Body marking--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Property (Jewish law)
Electronic Books.
GN419 / .B639 2014