REL 1004 Lecture : September 3 Notes
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Passing wife off as sister, fighting over inheritance, having sex with random women. Abraham: a lot of stories about him. Nuzi: 1929 french excavated this town, 15-20 miles away from where abraham originated, uncovered 18,000 cuneiform tablets from nuzi. Real adoption: respect for parents, provide parents health and nursing care, provide food and shelter in old age, provide an appropriate funeral. Mattiya and tehiptilla: cant buy real estate can only inherit, tehiptilla adopted 30 times. Marriage contracts: tablets of adoption belonging to nashwi, son of arshenni. As long as nashwi lives, wull shall provide food and clothing; when nashwi dies, wullu shall become heir. If nashwi has natural son, he shall share the estate with wullu but his son shall take and if wullu takes another wife, he shall forfeit the lands and houses of. Living rate of infancy was only 30% controls 40% = monopoly.
