Levirate marriage amongst the Hebrews and widow's inheritance amongst the Yoruba: A comparative investigation

Olanisebe, Samson O.; Oladosu, Olusegun A.

doi:10.4102/ve.v35i1.826

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“…Therefore, the widow becomes desperate and cannot reject any forceful inherited by the deceased family. Additionally, Olanisebe & Oladosu (2014) States that the death of husband exposes women to tough living conditions such as sexual harassment, rejection among many others. The Kenya Human rights group documented several cases of widows in the rural areas who suffered forced inheritance or consequences of refusing to be inherited.…”

Section: Traditional African Perspective Of Levirate Marriagementioning

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Levirate Marriage & Theo-doctrinal Embargo a Kenyan Experience

Olando

2024

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African scholars have found themselves in a theo-doctrinal embargo, especially after the 19 th and 20 th century European missionary explosion, that ushered a vibrant protestant Christianity in East Africa that was largely dismissive of cultural dialogues with Christianity. One of the most contested subject, that went beyond the missionary era, and reverberates across the twenty-first century, is the levirate marriage (hereafter, levirate marriage). Outside the missionary armpits, African scholars have continued to debate its efficacy to the christian teachings. In view of this, the theo-doctrinal embargo that has evidently persisted across the mainstream churches and some African Instituted churches (AIC) in Kenya motivated the eventual research and publication of this article. Whereas the mainstream churches maintain that wife inheritance, especially where the male inheritor has another wife is sin, some AICs have tended to support the levirate marriage even where the male inheritor has another wife. They do this by quoting some Old Testament texts, as their reference point. The mainstream churches have insisted that wife inheritance narratives was permitted in the Old Testament in cases where the male inheritor was single and the deceased was childless. This article seeks to examine the biblical understanding of levirate marriage and its place in the Kenyan context. Overall, the article analyzed Scriptural texts dealing with the subject of Levirate marriages and reflected it from an African Christian perspective. The materials in this article were gathered through extensive reading of published works, interviews and via general observation of the practices therein.

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Section: Traditional African Perspective Of Levirate Marriagementioning

confidence: 99%

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Olando

2024

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“…In rare circumstances where there were several relatives interested in a widow, she would be guided to choose one of them, following a sort of democratic approach. As narrated by Olanisebe and Oladosu (2014):…”

Section: Isupo: Levirate Marriage As Practised In Yoruba Culturementioning

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“…In Nigeria, a few scholars have studied levirate marriage in sociology and biblical studies (e.g. Ayodele 2016;Esiri 2021;Olanisebe & Oladosu 2014), but the focus is usually on levirate as a condemnable widowhood practice. The present research differs because it seeks to make levirate marriage a possible means of economic protection for widows in the face of their total neglect in the Nigerian economy.…”

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Isupo: Assessing the relevance of Deuteronomy 25:5–10 in the Nigerian Christian context, with particular reference to the Yoruba

Ademiluka

2023

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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The description of levirate marriage in Deuteronomy 25:5–10 has reminiscences with the same practice in Africa, especially isupo (levirate marriage) among the Yoruba of south-west Nigeria. The article seeks the relevance of this text in Nigeria in the possibility of levirate marriage still being of some socio-economic value to Christian widows and the society at large. It employs the historical-critical and descriptive methods. The work finds that in both the Hebrew and African cultures, levirate marriage served the purpose of raising children for the deceased, who would perpetuate his lineage and inherit his property. But in Africa the institution was most significant in providing economic and social protection for widows and their children. Unfortunately, levirate marriage is fast disappearing in Nigeria because of Western influence, particularly Christianity. The effect of this for many widows is abject poverty, by virtue of which some of them resort to illegitimate and dishonouring means to make ends meet. The work, therefore, concludes that resuscitating levirate marriage would be of immense socio-economic value to Nigerian widows and the society.Contribution: The article is a contribution to Old Testament theology and Christian ethics. It proposes that levirate marriage can still be employed as a means of socio-economic protection for Nigerian Christian widows.

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“…His soul was reborn into his biological sister, Hơ Ng, leading to the birth of Đăm Săn's grandson, who eventually became the husband of the Hơ Nhị family, thereby continuing his legacy. This phenomenon has been discussed elsewhere; it is referred to as levirate marriage and is depicted in the Bible through the narrative of Judah's sons marrying a woman consecutively (Olanisebe & Oladosu, 2014).…”

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Cultural Value and Linguistic Specificities of juk, nuê, adam dei, knai and jiăng in Ê-đê Language

Phạm

2023

VASS

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The Ê-đê people constitute the second-largest ethnic group in Tây Nguyên, also known as the Central Highlands. This community is remarkably unified in terms of ethnic consciousness, language, and culture. Alongside the Gia-rai, Ra-glai, Chu-ru, and Chăm ethnic groups, the Ê-đê people utilize languages that belong to the western branch of the Austronesian language family, falling under the classification of Cham subgroup languages. Within the Ê-đê culture, a variety of address words are employed for daily communication, resulting in a diversified range of usage. Notably, aside from the specialized class of address words, a non-specialized class is also utilized temporarily for addressing purposes. In this article, the author elucidates the structural, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics of certain distinctive address words utilized by the Ê-đê people in their communication. Through an analysis of dialogues present in the epic Đăm Săn, the study of these unique address words reveals their functional capabilities and habitual usage, thereby presenting key insights into the characteristics of Ê-đê ethnic culture, which is notably characterized by its typical matrilineal family-based societal structure.

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Levirate marriage amongst the Hebrews and widow's inheritance amongst the Yoruba: A comparative investigation

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Levirate Marriage & Theo-doctrinal Embargo a Kenyan Experience

Levirate Marriage & Theo-doctrinal Embargo a Kenyan Experience

Isupo: Assessing the relevance of Deuteronomy 25:5–10 in the Nigerian Christian context, with particular reference to the Yoruba

Cultural Value and Linguistic Specificities of juk, nuê, adam dei, knai and jiăng in Ê-đê Language

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