Refugee Asylum: Deuteronomys Disobedient Law
Taking the contemporary definition for ‘refugee’ by the UN High Commission for Refugees as a starting point, this article examines the law on refugee asylum in Deut. 23:16-17 for parallel points and concerns, in order to gain insight into the ethics that have driven its composition. This law is comm...
| Published in: | Studies in Christian ethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2017]
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Studies in Christian ethics
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| RelBib Classification: | HB Old Testament NCC Social ethics NCD Political ethics ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Fugitive slaves
B Asylum B Bible. Old Testament B fugitive B runaway slave B Refugee B Deuteronomy 23:16-17 B Old Testament ethics B Refugees B Social Ethics B SHEDS |
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| Summary: | Taking the contemporary definition for ‘refugee’ by the UN High Commission for Refugees as a starting point, this article examines the law on refugee asylum in Deut. 23:16-17 for parallel points and concerns, in order to gain insight into the ethics that have driven its composition. This law is commonly included in discussions on slavery due to the use of עֶ֫בֶד, but the identification of this ‘slave’ as a foreign refugee seeking asylum in Israel has not been adequately noted. Examining the law under this identification sheds light on refugee experience and Deuteronomy’s ethical stance on refugee asylum. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946816680136 |