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Re: The Yovel

From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
To: Maria Solarez <funi AT earthlink.net>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: The Yovel
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 12:27:48 +0200

Maria Solarez wrote:

>
> I am looking for information about the Yovel or Jubilee Year written of in
> the Hebrew
> Bible. Of particular interest is mention of the same celebration by
> surrounding
> cultures or additional evidence/documentation/theory of the Yovel as
> celebrated by the
> Jewish people.

For starters, see:
Moshe Weinfeld, _Justice and Righteousness in Israel and the Nations_,
Jerusalem, Magnes
Press, 1985;
Jonathan D. Safren, "Jubilee and Day of Atonement", _Proceedings of the
Twelfth World
Congress of Jewish Studies, Division A: The Bible and Its World_(Jerusalem,
1999),
107*-115*,

--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel

The Yovel, Maria Solarez, 04/27/2000
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