TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tsai,Daisy Yulin
TI  - Human Rights in Deuteronomy: With Special Focus on Slave Laws 
T2  - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ,
SN  - 9783110363203
AV  - MLCM 2018/48065 (B) 
U1  - 222.1506 22
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston : 
PB  - De Gruyter, 
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Slavery in the Bible
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Theology / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Deuteronomy
KW  - human rights
KW  - slave law
KW  - slavery
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - The humanitarian concerns of the biblical slave laws and their rhetorical techniques rarely receive scholarly attention, especially the two slave laws in Deuteronomy. Previous studies that compared the biblical and the ANE laws focused primarily on their similarities and developed theories of direct borrowing. This ignored the fact that legal transplants were common in ancient societies. This study, in contrast, aims to identify similarities and dissimilarities in order to pursue an understanding of the underlying values promoted within these slave laws and the interests they protected. To do so, certain innovative methodologies were applied. The biblical laws examined present two diverse legal concepts that contrast to the ANE concepts: (1) all agents are regarded as persons and should be treated accordingly, and (2) all legal subjects are seen as free, dignified, and self-determining human beings. In addition, the biblical laws often distinguish an offender’s “criminal intent,” by which a criminal’s rights are also considered. Based on these features, the biblical laws are able to articulate YHWH’s humanitarian concerns and the basic concepts of human rights presented in Deuteronomy
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110364422
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110364422
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110364422/original
ER  -