You Are My Slaves

A Comparative Study of the Slavery Metaphor in Early Rabbinic and Early Christian Parables

AvMartijn J. Stoutjesdijk

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

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?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-12-18
Mått:155 x 235 x 32 mm
Vikt:824 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series
Antal sidor:408
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004713093

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Martijn J. Stoutjesdijk, Ph.D. (2021), is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Protestant Theological University in Utrecht (the Netherlands) on the role of the Bible in Dutch colonial slavery debates. He obtained his PhD degree with a study on slavery in early rabbinic and early Christian parables.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsNote to the ReaderList of Figures, Tables, and Bildfelder1 Introduction: a Comparative Study of Slavery Parables1 Slavery Parables in Early Christianity and Early Rabbinic Judaism2 Comparison on Four Levels3 Outline of the Study2 Theory and Methodology1 Delimitations: Chronology, Topography and Terminology2 What Are Slavery Parables?3 Previous Research on Slavery Parables4 How to Analyze Slavery Parables3 Selling and Buying Slaves: Going from One Master to Another1 Same Day Delivery2 Debt-Slavery or Debt and Slavery?3 Slave or Free, Slave and Free?4 Reflection and Bildfeld4 When the Master Is Away: Obeying the Master’s Orders1 Receiving Assignments2 Absente Ero3 Going the Extra Mile?4 Reflection and Bildfeld5 Disciplining the Slave: the Threat of the Master1 Punishments2 Using Food as Carrot and Stick3 Serving for Rewards?4 Fleeing from the Master5 Reflection and Bildfeld6 Slaves and Meals: Elevation and Reversal1 Reversal and Elevation in the New Testament2 Reversal and Elevation in Early Rabbinic Parables3 Reflection and Bildfeld7 Conclusion: Working Out a Way of Living with the Heavenly Master1 Slavery Parables: Some Conclusions2 A Book about Comparison3 New Research Possibilities4 Final RemarksBibliographyIndex of Slavery ParablesIndex of Subjects