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− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French ''jubilé'', from Late Latin ''jubilaeus'', modification of Late Greek ''iōbēlaios'', from [[Hebrew]] ''yōbhēl'' ram's horn, jubilee | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French ''jubilé'', from Late Latin ''jubilaeus'', modification of Late Greek ''iōbēlaios'', from [[Hebrew]] ''yōbhēl'' ram's horn, jubilee |
| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] | | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] |
| The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint] rendered the [[Hebrew]] ''yovel'' as "a trumpet-blast of [[liberty]]" (αφεσεως σημασια afeseos ''semasia''), and the Vulgate by Latin ''iobeleus''. | | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint] rendered the [[Hebrew]] ''yovel'' as "a trumpet-blast of [[liberty]]" (αφεσεως σημασια afeseos ''semasia''), and the Vulgate by Latin ''iobeleus''. |
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| The Jubilee (Hebrew yovel יובל) year is the year at the end of [[seven]] [[cycles]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmita shmita] (Sabbatical years), and according to [[Biblical]] regulations had a special impact on the ownership and [[management]] of [[land]] in the Land of [[Israel]]; there is some [[debate]] whether it was the 49th year (the last year of seven [[sabbatical]] cycles, referred to as the Sabbath's [[Sabbath]]), or whether it was the following (50th) year. | | The Jubilee (Hebrew yovel יובל) year is the year at the end of [[seven]] [[cycles]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmita shmita] (Sabbatical years), and according to [[Biblical]] regulations had a special impact on the ownership and [[management]] of [[land]] in the Land of [[Israel]]; there is some [[debate]] whether it was the 49th year (the last year of seven [[sabbatical]] cycles, referred to as the Sabbath's [[Sabbath]]), or whether it was the following (50th) year. |
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− | <blockquote>"This fiftieth year is sacred—it is a time of freedom and of celebration when everyone will receive back their original property, and slaves will return home to their families. "—[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Leviticus#Chapter_.25 Leviticus 25:10]</blockquote> | + | <blockquote>"This fiftieth year is sacred—it is a time of freedom and of celebration when everyone will receive back their original property, and slaves will return home to their families. "—[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Leviticus#Chapter_.25 Leviticus 25:10]</blockquote> |
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| Jubilee deals largely with [[land]], [[property]], and property rights. As with most [[cultures]], the property rights regarding land, [[slaves]] and indentured servants was less absolute than for other property rights such as for [[tools]] and personal [[artifacts]]. | | Jubilee deals largely with [[land]], [[property]], and property rights. As with most [[cultures]], the property rights regarding land, [[slaves]] and indentured servants was less absolute than for other property rights such as for [[tools]] and personal [[artifacts]]. |