RT Book
T1 "You are my slaves": a comparative study of the slavery metaphor in early rabbinic and early Christian parables
T2 Jewish and Christian perspectives series
JF Jewish and Christian perspectives series
A1 Stoutjesdijk, Martijn 1989-
LA English
PP Leiden Boston
PB Brill
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1905798466
AB "Some of the slavery parables in the New Testament have been called "texts of terror," as the slaves who are portrayed in them are beaten or even cut in two. Despite - or because - their violence, slavery parables are often used in early Christian and early rabbinic literature to illustrate the unique relationship between God and his people. This study investigates the reasons for and meaning of using the master-slave metaphor in the parables: what does it tell us about early Christian and early rabbinic theology, including possibilities for critique and resistance vis-à-vis the divine, and what does it say about slavery in the ancient world?"--
NO Revised version of the author's doctoral dissertation submitted to the Tilburg University [Tilburg, Netherlands] in 2021
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HT910
SN 9789004713093
K1 Slavery : Religious aspects
K1 Parables : History and criticism
K1 Slavery and the church
K1 Christian literature, Early : History and criticism
K1 Slavery in rabbinical literature
K1 Parables in rabbinical literature
K1 Rabbinical literature : History and criticism
K1 Hochschulschrift