Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-408) and indexes.
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pt. I. The status of slaves -- pt. II. Slaves and the family -- pt. III. Slaves and the economy -- pt. IV. The symbolic significance of slavery.
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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. - ;This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Jewish attitudes towards slavery in Hellenistic and Roman times. Against the tradition.