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The Law of Manumission in J er 34

The Law of Manumission in J er 34 Kleinere Beiträge Jer 34, 8ff con tains the story of how the people of Judah, under the stress of Nebuc hadrezzar's siege, at their king's initiati ve resorted to a release of all Hebrew slaves (male and female). The narrator goes on to relate how the people "turned around " (i. e. cha nged their minds) and •ca used to return" (i. e. re-e nslaved) those who had rec ently been freed. After this "broken covenant " we expect, and do find, the record of a strong prophetic rebuke (12ft) . The law of manumission quoted in v. 14 has caused much discussion which usually focusses on the question as to which law, the Covenant Code (Ex 21, 2) or the Deuteronomic law (Deut 15, 1. 12) the narrator is referring • A co nsideration of this query which may have a bearing on the mutual relationship of the three traditions, may be facilitated by a literary co mparison between the three versions of the law of manu­ mission. Ex 21, 2 Deut 15 , 1 and 12 Jer 34, 14 ki tiqne 'e bed 'ibri miqqe$ seba' -s anim miqqe$ seba' sanim ta'ase smitta ... tesallel;lu 'is 'et- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biblische Zeitschrift Brill

The Law of Manumission in J er 34

Kessler, Martin
Biblische Zeitschrift , Volume 15 (1): 4 – Nov 20, 1971
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Kleinere Beiträge Jer 34, 8ff con tains the story of how the people of Judah, under the stress of Nebuc hadrezzar's siege, at their king's initiati ve resorted to a release of all Hebrew slaves (male and female). The narrator goes on to relate how the people "turned around " (i. e. cha nged their minds) and •ca used to return" (i. e. re-e nslaved) those who had rec ently been freed. After this "broken covenant " we expect, and do find, the record of a strong prophetic rebuke (12ft) . The law of manumission quoted in v. 14 has caused much discussion which usually focusses on the question as to which law, the Covenant Code (Ex 21, 2) or the Deuteronomic law (Deut 15, 1. 12) the narrator is referring • A co nsideration of this query which may have a bearing on the mutual relationship of the three traditions, may be facilitated by a literary co mparison between the three versions of the law of manu­ mission. Ex 21, 2 Deut 15 , 1 and 12 Jer 34, 14 ki tiqne 'e bed 'ibri miqqe$ seba' -s anim miqqe$ seba' sanim ta'ase smitta ... tesallel;lu 'is 'et-

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Published: Nov 20, 1971

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