The Jubilee: A Post-Exilic Priestly Attempt to Reclaim Lands?
The article examines the hypothesis that the jubilee legislation of Lev 25 was a post-exilic attempt on the part of returning Judean exiles — particularly the priests — to provide legal justification for the reclamation of their former lands. This hypothesis is found to be dubious because (1) the ju...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Peeters
2003
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Biblica
Year: 2003, Volume: 84, Issue: 2, Pages: 225-246 |
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Summary: | The article examines the hypothesis that the jubilee legislation of Lev 25 was a post-exilic attempt on the part of returning Judean exiles — particularly the priests — to provide legal justification for the reclamation of their former lands. This hypothesis is found to be dubious because (1) the jubilee did not serve the interests of the socio-economic classes that were exiled, and (2) Lev 25 does not show signs of having been redacted with the post-exilic situation in mind. A comparison with Ezekiel’s vision of restoration points out the differences between Lev 25 and actual priestly land legislation for the post-exilic period. |
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ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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