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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782600603321

Autore

Chirichigno Gregory <1952->

Titolo

Debt slavery in Israel and the ancient Near East / / Gregory C. Chirichigno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield : , : JSOT Press, , 1993

©1993

ISBN

1-281-80342-1

9786611803421

0-567-59029-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 pages)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 141

Disciplina

221.9

Soggetti

Slavery - Law and legislation - Jews - History

Slavery in the Bible

Slavery - Law and legislation - Iraq

Debt - Israel - History

Debt - Middle East - History

Slavery - Israel - History

Slavery - Middle East - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND TO DEBT-SLAVERY IN MESOPOTAMIA; Chapter 3 THE LEGAL BACKGROUND TO DEBT-SLAVERY IN MESOPOTAMIA; Chapter 4 THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND TO DEBT-SLAVERY IN ISRAEL; Chapter 5 OLD TESTAMENT LAWS DEALING WITH CHATTEL- AND DEBT-SLAVES; Chapter 6 THE MANUMISSION LAWS OF EXODUS 21.2-6, 7-11; Chapter 7 THE MANUMISSION LAW OF DEUTERONOMY 15.12-18; Chapter 8 THE MANUMISSION LAWS OF LEVITICUS 25.39-43, 47-55; Chapter 9 CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

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.