Human Rights in Deuteronomy : With Special Focus on Slave Laws.

Intro -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction and Methodological Considerations -- Review of Literature -- Problem Statement -- Research Methodology -- Projection of Research Significance -- 2 Exegesis of Deuteronomic Slave Laws -- The Arrangement of Deuteronomic Slave Laws -- Association of Elements Approach -- Decalogue Correspondence Approach -- The Limits and Problems of the Two Approaches -- Chiastic Framework Approach -- The Land and Agrarian Symbols in Deuteronomy with Reference to Its Slave Laws -- Indebted Hebrew Slave Law (Deut 15:12-18) -- The Structure of Deut 15:1-16:17 -- אָחִיךָ הָעִבְרִי אוֹ הָעִבְרִיָּה and חָפְשִׁי -- אָחִיךָ הָעִבְרִי אוֹ הָעִבְרִיָּה -- חָפְשִׁי -- The Identification of Enslaved Members in the Indebted Family -- The Provision for the Manumitted Slave in Deut 15:13-14 -- The Motive Clauses in Deut 15:15, 18 and Their Relationship with Deut 15:16-17 -- The Motive Clause in 15:15 in View of the Deuteronomic Pattern Language -- The Relationship between the Motive Clauses in 15:15, 18 and the Exceptional Case in 15:16-17 -- The Meaning of מִשְׁנֶה and the Somatic Vocabulary in 15:18 -- Exegesis of Fugitive Slave Law (Deut 23:16-17) -- Inner-Comparative Study between Deut 15:12-18 and Deut 23:16-17 -- Summary and Conclusion -- 3 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.

The Term ????? in Exod 21:7 -- The Special Marital Sale and Redemption in Exod 21:7-11 -- The Term ?????????? in Dt 15 and the Terms ???? and ????? in Ex 21 Denote Different Situations -- Reading the Law in Its Context -- Dissimilar Accounts and Ceremonies for a Permanent Slave -- The Value and the Interest That the Law Promotes and Protects -- Similar Ceremonies with Different Expressions -- Discerning the Similarities and Differences between Dt 15 and Ex 21 with the Legal Categorizational System -- Deut 15:12-18 and Lev 25:39-55 -- The Different Length of Term in Lev 25 -- The Types of Debt Slave in Lev 25 -- The Gender Inclusive Release in Lev 25 -- The Acquisition of Permanent Slaves in Lev 25 -- Problems Concerning the Claim of Supersession between the Laws -- Discerning the Similarities and Differences between Dt 15 and Lev 25 with the Legal Categorizational System -- Summary and Conclusion -- 4 Comparative Studies of ANE Slave Laws -- Terminology of Slave and the Slave Systems in the ANE -- The Terms for Slave in the ANE -- The Roles of the Household and Merchant in the Economic and Slave Systems -- The Acquisition of Slaves in the ANE -- Redemption and Termination of Enslavement -- Legal Status and Treatments of Slaves -- More Forms of Human Bondage -- Differences between Pawning for Debt and Debt Servitude -- The Grouping Methods of the ANE Laws -- Categories and Interpretations on ANE and Biblical Slave Laws -- Laws of Slave Escape -- Rewards of Returning a Runaway Slave (LU 17 -- LH 17 -- HL 22-24) and Punishments for Not Returning Runaway Slave (LL 12-13 -- LE 49- 50 -- LH 16, 18, 19, 20) -- Prohibition against a Slave Crossing through the Main City-gate (LE 51, 52 -- LH 15) -- The Grouping and Arrangement of Slave Escape Laws -- Slave Purchase and Management -- Discipline of a Rebellious Slave (LU 25-26, HL173b).

Unlawfully Taking Possession of a Slave (LE 40 -- LH 7) -- Protection of a Slave Purchaser's Right (LH 278-282 -- MAL C+G1) -- Violations against Another Person's Slave Property Rights and Punishments (LU 8, LE 31, Lev 19:20-22, LH 19, Exod 21:20-21, 26- 27, LH 205, LH 226-227, LE 55, 57, LH 252, Exod 21:32, LH 231, LL f -- LH 213-214) -- Raping Another Man's Female Slave (LU 8 -- LE 31) -- Sexual Intercourse with Another Man's Betrothed Slave Woman (Lev 19:20-22) -- Injuring Another Man's Slave (LH 199) -- Injuring One's Own Slave (Exod 21:20-21, 26-27) -- Injuring of a Free Man by a Slave (LH 205) -- Intentional and Unintentional Cutting off a Slave's Hairlock (LH 226-227) -- Incidental Death of a Slave Caused by an Animal Biting or Goring (LE 55, 57 -- LH 252 -- Exod 21:32) -- Incidental Death of a Slave Caused by a Builder's Negligence (LH 231) -- Incidental Miscarriage or Death of a Slave Woman Caused by Striking (LL f -- LH 213-214) -- Marital Issues Related to a Slave (LU 4-5 -- HL 31-36, 175 -- LH 146- 147) -- Slave Marriages to Different Social Classes (LU 4-5 -- HL 31-36, HL 175) -- A Slave Woman Bearing Children in Place of Her Mistress (LH 146-147) -- Adoption Related to a Slave Woman (LE 33-35) -- Special Cases of Slave Release (LL 14, 25-26) -- The Grouping and Arrangement of Slave Purchase and Management Laws -- Debt Servitude and Other Forms of Human Bondage -- Human Distraint (LE 22-24 -- LH 114-116) -- Debt-servitude (LH 117) -- Human Pledge (LH 118-119 -- MAL A 39, 44, 48 -- C+G 2-3, 7) -- The Grouping and Arrangement of Debt-Servitude and Human Bondage Laws -- Discerning the Similarities and Differences between ANE and Biblical Slave Laws with the Legal Categorizational System -- A Survey of Slavery between the ANE and the Modern World -- Summary and Conclusion.

5 The Laws and the Concepts of Human Rights in the ANE Law Books and in Deuteronomy -- The Differing Cosmologies of the Bible and the ANE -- Different Worldviews Presented between the Biblical and the ANE Law Books -- The Lawgivers' Spoken Words in the ANE -- The Lawgivers' Spoken Words in Deuteronomy -- The Different Position on Morality Shaping in Deuteronomy -- The Concept of Human Rights in Deuteronomy -- Summary and Conclusion -- 6 Conclusion: Summary, Contributions, and Further Avenues of Research -- The Import of This Study for Biblical Comparative Legal Studies -- 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.

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