| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 439 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I. The Status of Slaves -- The denationalization of slaves -- The slave as chattel and human being -- Women, slaves, and minors -- Hierarchical equations and diverentiations -- Between slavery and freedom -- Part II. Slaves and The Family -- Slaves within the household -- Master-slave relationships -- Prostitutes and concubines -- Power relationships -- Part III. Slaves And The Economy -- The sources of slaves -- The acquisition and sale of slaves -- Slaves as intermediaries in business transactions -- The location of slaves in ancient Jewish society -- The manumission of slaves -- Part IV The Symbolic Significance Of Slavery -- Slavery as metaphor -- Slave parables -- Slavery and the exodus experience -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
This book is an historical-critical study of Jewish slavery in antiquity, comparing the Jewish discourse on slavery with Graeco-Roman and Christian attitudes, and the first comprehensive analysis of Jewish attitudes towards slavery in Hellenistic and Roman times. It subverts many traditional views of Jews and slavery in antiquity; for example, showing against the traditional opinion that after the Babylonian Exile Jews refrained from employing slaves, that slavery remained a significant phenomenon of ancient Jewish everyday life, and generated a discourse which resembled Graeco-Roman and early Christian views while at the same time preserving specifically Jewish nuances. It examines the impact of domestic slavery on the ancient Jewish household and on family relationships, discusses the perceived advantages of slaves over other types of labor, and evaluates their role within the ancient Jewish economy. The ancient Jewish experience of slavery seems to have been so pervasive that slave images also entered theological discourse. Like their Graeco-Roman and Christian counterparts, ancient Jewish intellectuals did not advocate the abolition of slavery, but they used the biblical tradition and their own judgements to ameliorate the status quo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-408) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Slavery -- History
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Slavery -- Social aspects -- Greece
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Slavery -- Social aspects -- Rome
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Slavery -- Social aspects -- Palestine
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Slavery and Judaism.
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Enslaved persons -- Legal status, laws, etc
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Civilization, Greco-Roman.
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Jews -- Civilization -- To 70 A.D.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
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Civilization, Greco-Roman
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Jews -- Civilization
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Slavery
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Slavery and Judaism
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Slavery -- Social aspects
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Enslaved persons -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Greece
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Middle East -- Palestine
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191515668 |
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0191515663 |
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9780191712852 |
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019171285X |
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9781429421966 |
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1429421967 |
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9781280758249 |
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1280758244 |
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