Objectives
Additional Resources
- Articles:
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Zipporah G. Glass, Land, SlaveLabor and Law: Engaging Ancient Israel’s Economy, from the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
NOTE: Glass takes the position that Deuteronomy’s slave laws were not the result of humanitarian goals but were pragmatic reflection of the changes in Israel’s economy to an urban system where free labor was needed and more desirable.
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- Books:
- Daisy Yulin Tsai, Human Rights in Deuteronomy: With Special Focus on Slave Laws:
- Chapter 2
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Chapter 5
NOTE: Tasi takes the position that Deuteronomy’s slave laws where humanitarian in outlook due to differences between Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern cosmology.
- Daisy Yulin Tsai, Human Rights in Deuteronomy: With Special Focus on Slave Laws: