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Jewish Slavery in Antiquity Hardback - 2006

by Catherine Hezser

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This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Jewish attitudes towards slavery in Hellenistic and Roman times. Against the traditional opinion that after the Babylonian Exile Jews refrained from employing slaves, Catherine Hezser shows that slavery remained a significant phenomenon of ancient Jewish everyday life and generated a discourse which resembled Graeco-Roman and early Christian views while at the same time preserving specifically Jewish nuances. Hezser examines the impact of domestic slavery on the ancient Jewish household and on family relationships. She discusses the perceived advantages of slaves over other types of labor and evaluates their role within the ancient Jewish economy. The ancient Jewish experience of slavery seems to have been so pervasive that slave images also entered theological discourse. Like their Graeco-Roman and Christian counterparts, ancient Jewish intellectuals did not advocate the abolition of slavery, but they used the biblical tradition and their own judgements to ameliorate the status quo.

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  • Title Jewish Slavery in Antiquity
  • Author Catherine Hezser
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 452
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher OUP Oxford, 2005. 452p. Hardback. ...a comprehensive and absorbing study Margaret H. Williams
  • Publication date 2006-02-16
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780199280865 / 019928086X
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 5.86 x 1.21 in (22.35 x 14.88 x 3.07 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Slavery - History, Civilization, Greco-Roman
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005019293
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.362

About the author

Catherine Hezser is Reader in Middle Eastern Religion at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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