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)