Slavery is the practice of having ownership rights of an individual or the ownership rights to the work of an individual, often against the person's will, but sometimes with the person's consent. In some forms of slavery the rights of the person were greatly...
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Slavery
The Bible, Leviticus 25:44-46 and inherited slaves
Critics of the Bible often claim that the Mosaic law establishes a system of perpetual slavery and inherited slaves. This argument is overly simplistic and ignores both the totality of what the text says and also the broader historical context. The primary passage...
In the Bible, Exodus 21:7, a female slaves is not to go free as a male slave
Exodus 21:7, "If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do." When a daughter was placed into slavery by her father, it was often to pay a debt combined with a way for her to find a husband. Of course, in modern times, this...
In the Bible, 2 Kings 4:1, creditor to take children as slaves
2 Kings 4:1, "Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.” It was an unfortunate...
Deuteronomy 23:15, Do not return an escaped slave
Deut. 23:15, "You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you." The status of the slave in biblical context as property (Exodus 21:21) is not the same kind as chattel slavery where an individual was considered property as was a...
Slavery, the Bible, Exodus 21:20-21, and beat a slave with a rod
Exodus 21:20–21, "If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished. 21 If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for he is his property [lit. money]." Corporal punishment was common in the...
Slavery Bibliography for CARM.org
Bibliography for research on Slavery Books Allen, Isaac, Is slavery sanctioned by the Bible? A public domain book. Barry, John D., David Bomar, Derek R. Brown, Rachel Klippenstein, Douglas Mangum, Carrie Sinclair Wolcott, Lazarus Wentz, Elliot Ritzema, and Wendy...
Quotes from various Ancient Near East Law Codes regarding Slavery
This article contains a brief summary of many of the ancient near East law codes concerning slavery. They are taken from the following: Code of Ur Nammu (2100-2050 B.C., Sumerian) Code of Lipit Ishtar (1900 B.C. Sumeria) Code of Eshnunna (1770 B.C. Babylonian period)...
Slavery in the Bible is not the same as the chattel slavery of America
Chattel slavery is the kind of slavery where the person has no rights, can be sold, traded, who does not share in the benefits of his labor, who generally is a slave perpetually, and who is completely controlled and owned by someone else. A chattel slave is an...
Why didn’t God stop slavery in the Bible?
Many people ask why the God of the Bible, who is supposed to be loving and kind, would permit slavery to exist in ancient times. Why didn't God stop slavery? If he is all-powerful, shouldn't he have then used his sovereign control of all things to eliminate that which...