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Debt-Slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Debt-Slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Gregory C. Chirichigno
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| Series | The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:409 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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| Category/Genre | Biblical studies |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780567525819
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| Classifications | Dewey:221.9 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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NIPPOD
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
T.& T.Clark Ltd
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| Publication Date |
1 November 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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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