Debt-slavery in Israel and the ancient Near East /
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 bi...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sheffield :
JSOT Press,
©1993.
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| Series: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
141. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
