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Biblical texts outline sources and the legal status of slaves, economic roles of slavery, types of slavery, and debt slavery, which thoroughly explain the institution of slavery in Israel in antiquity. [1] The Bible stipulates the treatment of slaves, especially in the Old Testament. [2] [3] [4] There are also references to slavery in the New ...
The Bible uses the Hebrew term eved and Greek doulos (δοῦλος) to refer to slaves. Eved has a much wider meaning than the English term slave, and in many circumstances it is more accurately translated into English as servant or hired worker. [6]
Slavery was customary in antiquity, and it is condoned by the Torah. [12] The Bible uses the Hebrew term eved (עֶבֶד) to refer to slavery; however, eved has a much wider meaning than the English term slavery, and in several circumstances it is more accurately translated into English as servant. [13]
Slavery is at the heart of a crucial biblical tale: the story of Moses. The book of Exodus opens by describing a new Egyptian pharaoh who has forced the Israelites into slavery. To prevent them ...
The original Israelite slavery laws found in the Hebrew Bible bear some resemblance to the 18th-century BCE slavery laws of Hammurabi. [obsolete source] The regulations changed over time. The Hebrew Bible contained two sets of laws, one for Canaanite slaves, and a more lenient set of laws for Hebrew slaves. From the time of the Pentateuch, the ...
A link between blackness and slavery becomes more heavily implied in the discussions of early Christian writers like Origen. [54] The suggestion that Canaan was the ancestor of dark-skinned people enters the Biblical tradition with the fourth century Syriac Christian Cave of Treasures. [55]
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J. F Maxwell, 1975, Slavery and the Catholic Church: The history of Catholic teaching concerning the moral legitimacy of the institution of slavery, Barry-Rose Publishers Online text; Weithman, Paul J. (1992). "Augustine and Aquinas on Original Sin and the Function of Political Authority". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 30 (3): 353– 376.