10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEVIRATICAL»
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leviratical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
leviratical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Plague of Paradoxes: AIDS, Culture, and Demography in ...
... that were part of the kihamba regime continued to be recognized in Chagga
communities on the mountain — though many Chagga consider them "backward.
" These included leviratical unions and elopement /abduction, or bride capture.
2
Can the Bible Be Trusted?: Old and New Testament ...
The Christian historian Julius Africanus, native of Emmaus, Judea, explained (at:
ECH, II, 7)—appealing to information obtained from Jesus' relatives—that
intermarriages and leviratical marriages1 between the two lines of David's ...
3
The Jewish People in the First Century: Historical ...
1 Another passage reads: 'If either [the widow or her brother-in-law] opposes [the
leviratical marriage], we comply [and require halitzah instead].'2 It seems that
cases of halitzah were very numerous, especially when the brother on whom the
...
Shemuel Safrai, M. Stern, 1987
islands in case of leviratical marriages. The law of the Somali is also to be
compared here. The rights of the wife's family still appear in the custom of pre-
emption, which is mentioned among the Usbegs, in the law of Timor, where the
next of kin ...
5
The Code of Maimonides: The book of civil laws
If a yebamah married by leviratical marriage, without having waited three months
after her husband's death, and gave birth to a son, and it is unknown whether she
bore the son to the first husband after a nine-month pregnancy, or to the ...
6
Primitive and Ancient Legal Institutions
And so it appears to be the rulein general, that the next younger brother is in
every case authorised and obligated to contract leviratical marriages. 7. A
peculiar group is formed by the leviratical marriages of the Calchaquis in the
interior of ...
Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore, 1915
7
Evolution of Law: Primitive and ancient legal institutions
And so it appears to be the rule in general, that the next younger brother is in
every case authorised and obligated to contract leviratical marriages. 7. A
peculiar group is formed by the leviratical marriages of the Calchaquis in the
interior of ...
... permitted something comparable: It forbade consuming animal blood, but it
permitted the liver; ... it forbade marrying a brother's ex-wife, but it per- mitted the
leviratical marriage; it forbade a non-Jewish woman, but it permitted the Y'fat To'
ar.
Avraham Peretz Friedman, 2005
9
The Politics of (M)Othering: Womanhood, Identity and ...
... prestige.14 Another formof polygamy isthe leviratical marriagewhich aimsat
caring for andprotecting women and their children. Inthe polygamous familyin
indigenous African society, a particular living arrangement is observed and
respected.
10
Encyclopaedia of Women in South Asia: Afghanistan
When the husband dies, the woman normally asks his brother or uncle to take
her in leviratical marriage, because after her marriage she had left her own clan.
Infant mortality is very high and the main reason is the lack of medical care.
Sangh Mittra, Bachchan Kumar, 2004
