The Body As Property: Physical Disfigurement In Biblical Law (The Library Of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

This book indicates that physical disfigurement functioned in biblical law to verify legal property acquisition. This is primarily substantiated in the accounts of prescriptive disfigurements: namely circumcision and the piercing of a slave's ear, both of which were required only when a son, or slave, was acquired permanently.

• | Author: Sandra Jacobs
• | Publisher: T&T Clark
• | Publication Date: Aug 27, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0567665135
• | ISBN-13: 9780567665133