Gentile Land Ownership in the Land of Israel: The Palestinian Talmud in Light of Biblical Models and Roman Law

This paper examines a key passage in the Palestinian Talmud (the Yerushalmi), on mGit 4.8, that presents a salient discussion about the halakhic meaning of gentile ownership of lands in the land of Israel. Two theoretical moves are evident within the amoraic effort to define it. The first is an inno...

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Main Author: Mazeh, Hanan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn Press 2024
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2024, Volume: 114, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-209
Further subjects:B Yerushalmi
B Tithes
B Gentiles
B Roman Law
B ususfructus
B Roman Empire
B Land of Israel
B Roman Palestine
B Jerusalem Talmud
B History
B first fruits
B Jubilee
B Provinces
B land ownership
B Palestinian Talmud
B sikarikon
B Halakhah
B Rabbinic Literature
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