11 October 2011

From family to nation

Why does biblical law regarding the redemption of debt distinguish between kinsmen and strangers? 
The true objective of the laws of sheviit and shemitta is the cultural milieu of the kinsman. The reason for the laws of sheviit and shemitta is to promote the sort of cultural milieu at the (most local) family level that could sustain the practices of a sabbatical society at the (most global) national level.  

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