"You are my slaves": a comparative study of the slavery metaphor in early rabbinic and early Christian parables
"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 illu...
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| 格式: | Print 圖書 |
| 語言: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2025]
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| In: |
Jewish and Christian perspectives series (volume 41)
Year: 2025 |
| 叢編: | Jewish and Christian perspectives series
volume 41 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
奴隸 (紋樣)
/ 隱喻
/ Parabel (文學)
/ 拉比文獻
/ 早期基督教
/ 文學
/ 歷史 30-600
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Slavery and the church
B Rabbinical literature History and criticism B Slavery Religious aspects B 學位論文 B Parables History and criticism B Christian literature, Early History and criticism B Slavery in rabbinical literature B Parables in rabbinical literature |
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Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| 總結: | "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?"-- |
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| Item Description: | Revised version of the author's doctoral dissertation submitted to the Tilburg University [Tilburg, Netherlands] in 2021 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 實物描述: | XI, 407 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9004713093 |
