Human Rights in Deuteronomy: With Special Focus on Slave Laws
The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the...
| Summary: | The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world. Intro -- Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction and Methodological Considerations -- Review of Literature -- Problem Statement -- Research Methodology -- Projection of Research Significance -- 2 Exegesis of Deuteronomic Slave Laws -- The Arrangement of Deuteronomic Slave Laws -- Association of Elements Approach -- Decalogue Correspondence Approach -- The Limits and Problems of the Two Approaches -- Chiastic Framework Approach -- The Land and Agrarian Symbols in Deuteronomy with Referenceto Its Slave Laws -- Indebted Hebrew Slave Law (Deut 15:12 - 18) -- The Structure of Deut 15:1 - 16:17 -- The Identification of Enslaved Members in the Indebted Family -- The Provision for the Manumitted Slave in Deut 15:13 - 14 -- The Motive Clauses in Deut 15:15, 18 and Their Relationship with Deut 15:16-17 -- The Motive Clause in 15:15 in View of the Deuteronomic Pattern Language -- The Relationship between the Motive Clauses in 15:15, 18 and the ExceptionalCase in 15:16-17 -- The Meaning of and the Somatic Vocabulary in 15:18 -- Exegesis of Fugitive Slave Law (Deut 23:16-17) -- Inner-Comparative Study between Deut 15:12-18 andDeut 23:16-17 -- Summary and Conclusion -- 3 Comparative Studies of Biblical SlaveManumission Laws -- Deut 15:12-18 and Exod 21:2-11 -- Changes of Persons and Verbs from the Buyer's to the Seller's Point of View -- Response to Van Seters' Point of View -- The Second Person Addressed in the Legislative Texts -- The Polyvocality of Combined Discourses in the Legislative Texts -- Reading the Law in Its Context -- The Distinction of Verbs on Released Action -- The Differences Regarding Female Slaves Manumission -- Reading Exod 21:2-6 as a Gender-Inclusive Law. |
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| ISBN: | 3110364425 |