Talk:Jubilee (Biblical)

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Having read about the "Jubilee" I was left with the question "Was it ever observed?" and its corollary, "If not, why not?"

To date, I have found no real answer but it does seem a shame that there is little evidence either way. There is a claim in Leviticus that the harvest in the sixth year would be treble the normal harvest. Did this happen?

Similarly for the Jubilee.

At the risk of being cynical one might expect court cases about disputes where property was supposed to be returned or insurance against "Jubilee" claims or a list of precedence cases to establish the extent and liability of Jubilee claims.

I hope I am just "ignorant" or "asking the wrong questions" but I would be delighted if someone could enlighten me. Accordingly, my email address presented: roger@bowens.net.

[edit] New Deal?

This seems an awfully lot like a progressive styled interventionist setup, can we be correct about this assertion that the Biblical government was a little more left-leaning in matters of economics (and of course, remember that the ideal H'Il seems to have for human society, in both Testaments no less, is one that seems to be collectivist, similar to Far-East Asian societies)?

Thanks, IdeArchos 07:08, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I removed:

• See also
• American System
• New Deal

The connection is so tangential that linking them in this way doesn't make sense. -Will Beback 09:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In Judaism

To do: hope to add a section on how the Yovel is regarded in contemporary traditional Judaism in the near future. As with many other issues in Judaism, the Talmud and other rabbinic works expanded on the written Biblical rules and hence the practice as traditionally understood by the Jewish religion and its religious scholars is not necessarily the same thing as what other scholars might regard as the "Biblical" practice. Best, --Shirahadasha 19:07, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Calculating the Jubilee Year

Assuming the Jubilee Year was still observed, is there agreement on its cycle; ie which CE year(s) the next one would fall in? If so, shouldn't it be mentioned in the article? cheers, Moyabrit (talk) 01:20, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

There is agreement within Judaism on the Sabbatical Year. We are in the middle of one right now. But there is a general belief within Orthodox Judaism that people do not know the exact date of the Jubilee year. That is why Shmita is an article mostly about current observance, while this article is not. Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 03:25, 22 November 2007 (UTC)