Lexicographical Neighbors of Leviratic
Literary usage of Leviratic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Protestant Dictionary: Containing Articles on the History, Doctrines, and by Charles Henry Hamilton Wright, Charles Neil (1904)
"Ludolf proved that they owe to pagan Arabia their circumcision, and perhaps their
polygamy and leviratic marriages (the two last customs being tolerated by ..."
2. The Four Witnesses by Isaäc da Costa (1855)
"... at all events, is more natural than a double genealogy of the same person,
if, in the history of the genealogy, a leviratic marriage intervenes once, ..."
3. Family and Community Interventions for Children Affected by AIDSby Linda Richter, Julie Manegold, Riashnee Pather by Linda Richter, Julie Manegold, Riashnee Pather (2005)
"aged 16 and 17 entered into leviratic union and a girl aged 13 years was already
involved in early sexual relationships. Four aged between 15 and 17 years ..."
4. Introduction to the Book of Genesis, with a commentary on the opening by Peter von Bohlen (1855)
"Thus the book of Ruth betrays entire ignorance of the laws of the Pentateuch with
reference to the traditional practice of leviratic marriage [or marrying ..."
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