TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jacobs,Sandra
TI  - The body as property: physical disfigurement in biblical law 
T2  - Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies
AV  - GN419 .B639 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - T and T Clark
KW  - Body marking
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Property (Jewish law)
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction --; The priestly requirement of circumcision --; Talion in biblical law and narrative --; Legal acquisition : the slave and Israel's cult personnel --; Conclusions; 2; b
N2  - 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
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