Debt-Slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East

Name: Debt-Slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East
Brand: Continnuum-3PL
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By Chirichigno, Gregory C.

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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 socioeconomic 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.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 418
Release Date:: 2009-02-01
Publication Date:: 2009-02-01
Publisher:: Continnuum-3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0567525813
ISBN13:: 9780567525819
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 632 g
Height:: 156 cm
Width:: 234 cm
Thickness:: 22 cm

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