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Sabbatical Year
Sabbatical Year (Heb., shemittah). The year in which, according to Jewish law, the land lies fallow. According to Exodus 23. 10–11 and Deuteronomy 15. 1–11 on the Sabbatical Year, all agricultural work must be suspended and all debts remitted. The seventh Sabbatical Year (or possibly the year after the close of seven Sabbatical cycles) was designated the Jubilee Year.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Sabbatical Year." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Sabbatical Year." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-SabbaticalYear.html JOHN BOWKER. "Sabbatical Year." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-SabbaticalYear.html |
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Sabbatical Year
Sabbatical Year. The one year in seven which the OT ordered to be observed as a ‘Sabbath’, i.e. requiring the land to remain fallow and debtors and Israelite slaves to be freed. See also JUBILEE, YEAR OF.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Sabbatical Year." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Sabbatical Year." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-SabbaticalYear.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Sabbatical Year." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-SabbaticalYear.html |
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