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Human rights in Deuteronomy : with special focus on slave laws / Daisy Yulin Tsai.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; v. 464.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110364422
  • 3110364425
  • 9783110385793
  • 3110385791
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Human rights in Deuteronomy.DDC classification:
  • 222.1506 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1275.55 .T73 2014
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  • online - EBSCO
  • BC 7525
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction and Methodological Considerations -- 2. Exegesis of Deuteronomic Slave Laws -- 3. Comparative Studies of Biblical Slave Manumission Laws -- 4. Comparative Studies of ANE Slave Laws -- 5. The Laws and the Concepts of Human Rights in the ANE Law Books and in Deuteronomy -- 6. Conclusion: Summary, Contributions, and Further Avenues of Research -- Appendix A: A Compilation of Biblical and Cuneiform Law Collections -- Appendix B: Biblical and ANE Slave Laws and ANE Laws Related to Slave Issues -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Scripture References.
Summary: 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.Summary: 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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)886989

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Trinity International University, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-231) and indexes.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Walter de Gruyter GmbH Web site, viewed on October 15, 2014).

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.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction and Methodological Considerations -- 2. Exegesis of Deuteronomic Slave Laws -- 3. Comparative Studies of Biblical Slave Manumission Laws -- 4. Comparative Studies of ANE Slave Laws -- 5. The Laws and the Concepts of Human Rights in the ANE Law Books and in Deuteronomy -- 6. Conclusion: Summary, Contributions, and Further Avenues of Research -- Appendix A: A Compilation of Biblical and Cuneiform Law Collections -- Appendix B: Biblical and ANE Slave Laws and ANE Laws Related to Slave Issues -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Scripture References.

In English.