How To Use Levirate In A Sentence
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A father-in-law may not sleep with his daughter-in-law (Lev 18: 15), just as a brother-in-law may not sleep with his sister-in-law (Lev 18: 16), but in-law incest rules are suspended for the purpose of the levirate.
Tamar: Bible.
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A woman whose husband died without issue was bound by law to be married to her husband's brother, and the fist-born son of such a so-called levirate marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother (Deut., xxv, 5 sqq.).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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These women, however, were yevamot and therefore each wanted the child in order to be freed of the obligation of yibum (levirate marriage).
Two Prostitutes as Mothers: Midrash and Aggadah.
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Satlow then discusses levirate marriage, polygyny and concubinage.
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The firstborn child of this levirate marriage is considered the deceased's child.
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As for the levirate, that is another very wide-spread custom which shows an utter disregard of woman's preference and choice.
Primitive Love and Love-Stories
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Judah has now performed the levirate (despite himself) and never cohabits with Tamar again.
Tamar: Bible.
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According to Near Eastern custom, known from Middle Assyrian laws, if a man has no son over ten years old, he could perform the levirate obligation himself; if he does not, the woman is declared a “widow,” free to marry again.
Tamar: Bible.
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The institution of the levirate marriage made it possible that her fertility could build up the ‘house’ of her husband's family, while the birth of a child would provide the bond which would give her a secure place within the household.
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Clearly for her, the institution of the levirate was of no help, since she would not be able to bear a son for her dead husband's household.
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Jechonias may then have contracted a levirate marriage with the widow of the childless Neri, and begotten Salathiel, who was therefore the leviratical son of Neri.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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His cryptic phrase, zadekah mimmeni, is often translated “she is more in the right than I” (Gen 38: 26), a recognition not only of her innocence, but also of his wrongdoing in not freeing her or performing the levirate.
Tamar: Bible.
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Rambam excluded the levirate wife from the condition to prohibit the husband from taking another wife because he considered the precept of yibbum as taking precedence, both because he lived in a polygynist milieu and because the husband did not seek out the marriage.
Legal-Religious Status of the Married Woman.
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This is referred to as a levirate marriage, and it's still in healthy practice today (see HBO's Deadwood, again, not exactly the same thing).
Scott Cheshire: Part II: The Good, The Bad, and Bumping Uglies -- Some Thoughts on Masturbation and The Good Book
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The object of the book has been supposed by some to be to commend the so-called levirate marriage.
Introduction to the Old Testament
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Such societies may also practice the levirate (widows marrying brothers or cousins of their deceased spouse).
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During the Warring States Period, the merging of nationalities made the marriage and ethical ideas of the Huaxia nationality rise again, promoting the disappearance of levirate marriage custom.
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Another form of Hebrew marriage was the so-called levirate type (from the Lat. levir, i.e. brother-in-law), i.e. the marriage between a widow, whose husband had died childless, and her brother-in-law.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
