Human rights in Deuteronomy: with special focus on slave laws
The Term????? in Exod 21:7The Special Marital Sale and Redemption in Exod 21:7-11; The Term?????????? in Dt 15 and the Terms???? and????? in Ex 21 Denote Different Situations; Reading the Law in Its Context; Dissimilar Accounts and Ceremonies for a Permanent Slave; The Value and the Interest That th...
| Summary: | The Term????? in Exod 21:7The Special Marital Sale and Redemption in Exod 21:7-11; The Term?????????? in Dt 15 and the Terms???? and????? in Ex 21 Denote Different Situations; Reading the Law in Its Context; Dissimilar Accounts and Ceremonies for a Permanent Slave; The Value and the Interest That the Law Promotes and Protects; Similar Ceremonies with Different Expressions; Discerning the Similarities and Differences between Dt 15 and Ex 21 with the Legal Categorizational System; Deut 15:12-18 and Lev 25:39-55; The Different Length of Term in Lev 25; The Types of Debt Slave in Lev 25 The Gender Inclusive Release in Lev 25The Acquisition of Permanent Slaves in Lev 25; Problems Concerning the Claim of Supersession between the Laws; Discerning the Similarities and Differences between Dt 15 and Lev 25 with the Legal Categorizational System; Summary and Conclusion; 4 Comparative Studies of ANE Slave Laws; Terminology of Slave and the Slave Systems in the ANE; The Terms for Slave in the ANE; The Roles of the Household and Merchant in the Economic and Slave Systems; The Acquisition of Slaves in the ANE; Redemption and Termination of Enslavement And Conclusion3 Comparative Studies of Biblical Slave Manumission 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; Separating Exod 21:2-6 and 7-11 as Two Different Laws This study compares two Deuteronomic slave laws with their counterparts adopting a multidimensional examination including classified subject matters, rhetorical techniques, and the rationale of legal philosophy. This approach sheds light on the similarity and differences between the biblical and ANE slave laws, as well as the basic concepts of human rights presented in Deuteronomy |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [214]-231) and indexes Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Trinity International University, 2011 |
| ISBN: | 3110364425 |