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Sunday, August 25, 2024

Slave: What Ancient Hebrew Really Meant by Ebed and Amah

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From Chattel to Chief of Staff: The Surprising Spectrum of Hebrew "Servants" Introduction Modern readers encountering the words ...
Saturday, August 24, 2024

Why Deuteronomy 23:15–16 Outlawed the Fugitive Slave Trade

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No Extradition, No Chattel: The Revolutionary Asylum Law of Deuteronomy 23 “ You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped fro...
Friday, August 23, 2024

Exodus 21:20-21 Beating Your Slave

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Why Exodus 21:20–21 Is About Debt, Not Chattel Slavery Introduction   Few passages in the Hebrew Scriptures evoke stronger initial shock tha...

cod3man Defends Unsupported Presumptions, and Claims No Need to Defend the Idea that the Old Testament Condoned Chattel Slavery

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Who is cod3man? A Reddit poster , and moderator of thre e two anti-Christian Subreddits r/DebateReligion , r/DebateAnAtheist , & r/ask...
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Are Christians dishonest and obtuse in defining and defending the Old Testament slavery as more akin to voluntary servitude than involuntary chattel slavery?

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This post was inspired by this Reddit post which was inspired in part by my Leviticus 25:44-46 Does Not Support Chattel Slaver y  post Okay...
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Saturday, August 17, 2024

Exodus 21:7-11 Protection for Female Servants

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Vulnerable, Not Disposable: Legal Protections for Female Servants in Exodus 21 Exodus 21:7–11 is one of the most scrutinized passages in M...