Levirate Law

From Latin levir, "a husband's brother," the name of an ancient custom ordained by Moses, by which, when an Israelite died without issue, his surviving brother was required to marry the widow, so as to continue his brother's family through the son that might be born of that marriage (Genesis 38:8; Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Comp. Ruth 3; 4:10). Its object was "to raise up seed to the departed brother."

(a.) Alt. of Leviratical.LEVIRATE; LAW

lev'-i-rat.

See MARRIAGE.

1918. epigambreuo -- to marry
... marry. From epi and a derivative of gamos; to form affinity with, ie (specially)
in a levirate way -- marry. see GREEK epi. see GREEK gamos. ...
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Ruth
... The object of the book has been supposed by some to be to commend the
so-called levirate marriage. This is improbable: not so much ...
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Chapter xxxviii
... 8. The custom of levirate marriage seems to have prevailed quite universally at
the time, as it is known to have been customary among many nations ancient and ...
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List of Abbreviations Used in Reference to Rabbinic Writings ...
... Jad. [or Yad.] The Taldmudic Tractate Yadayim, on the Washing of Hands. Jebam.
[or Yebam.] The Taldmudic Tractate Yebhamoth, on the Levirate. Jom. ...
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Moses, Allowing Divorce, and Christ Prohibiting It, Explained John ...
... been loosed from her husband not less by death than by divorce; who had been impelled
thereto by his lust, not by the prescription of the (Levirate) law"for ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xxxiv moses allowing divorce and.htm

A Statement of the Reason Why Matthew Enumerates one Succession of ...
... indicated for the correction is the probability that the father who begat Joseph
was the mother's second husband, who, according to the Levirate law, had ...
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The Alleged Discrepancy in the Gospels in Regard to the Genealogy ...
... Africanus himself, as will be seen, explains by the law of Levirate marriages, and
his view is advocated by Mill (On the Mythical Interpretation of the Gospel ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter vii the alleged discrepancy in.htm

Definitive Form of the Ideas of Jesus Respecting the Kingdom of ...
... his children. The Mosaic code had consecrated this patriarchal theory
by a strange institution, the levirate law. The Sadducees ...
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Index i. Of Subjects
... their arguments with the Sadducees as to the Resurrection, 397-399; their views
on Levirate marriage, 400; ... their views on the Levirate marriage, 400. ...
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The Deputation from Jerusalem - the Three Sects of the Pharisees ...
... than those of the Pharisees. They concerned (besides the Levirate marriage)
chiefly three points. According to the Sadducees, the ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter ii the deputation from.htm

The Third Day in Passion-Week - the Last Controversies and ...
... 64 b). On the question of the Levirate, from the modern Jewish standpoint, see an
interesting article by Gutmann in Geiger's Wiss. Zeitschr. f. J?�d. Theol. ...
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Levirate
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Levirate Law. ... (a.) Alt. of Leviratical. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. LEVIRATE; LAW. lev'-i-rat. See MARRIAGE. ...
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Wife (437 Occurrences)
... adelphou = "the brother's wife" (Mark 6:18)): A brother's wife occupies a unique
position in Hebrew custom and law, by virtue of the institution of the Levirate...
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Brother's (46 Occurrences)
... adelphou = "the brother's wife" (Mark 6:18)): A brother's wife occupies a unique
position in Hebrew custom and law, by virtue of the institution of the Levirate...
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Zerubbabel (25 Occurrences)
... It is probable that Shealtiel had no children and adopted Zerubbabel; or that
Zerubbabel was his levirate son; or that, Shealtiel being childless, Zerubbabel ...
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Levies (1 Occurrence)

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Levis

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Tabeel (2 Occurrences)
... 20:4), punishing a disobedient son (Deuteronomy 21:19), inflicting penalty for slander
(Deuteronomy 22:15), for noncompliance with the Levirate marriage law ...
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Boaz (25 Occurrences)
... Alacrity. (1.) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the "levirate law"
the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:1-13). ...
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Children
... The custom of Levirate marriage, which was not limited to the Hebrew people, rested
on the principle that if a man died childless his brother should marry his ...
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Child (355 Occurrences)
... The custom of Levirate marriage, which was not limited to the Hebrew people, rested
on the principle that if a man died childless his brother should marry his ...
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