Debt Slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Debt Slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement) Book

This original study concerns itself with the manumission laws of Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 15 and Leviticus 25. It begins with the social background to debt slavery and the socio-economic factors encouraging the rise of debt slavery in Mesopotamia. After a comparative analysis of the Mesopotamian and biblical material Chirichigno examines the social background to debt slavery in Israel, the various slave laws in the Pentateuch (in order to delimit the chattel-slave laws from the debt-slave laws), and the biblical manumission laws themselves.Read More

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  • 1850753598
  • 9781850753599
  • Gregory C. Chirichigno
  • 1 June 1993
  • Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffie
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 409
  • First Edition
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