Jewish perspectives on slavery in Egypt
Jewish perspectives on slavery in Egypt
In this chapter, the subjection of the Israelites in Egypt and their later liberation from oppression is examined with extracts from the Hebrew Torah, and the Greek Septuagint. The vocabulary of servitude of both Hebrew and Greek is discussed through the account of Joseph’s service and disgrace in the house of Potiphar, followed by the suffering of the Israelites, the later descendants of Jacob. The oppression inflicted by the Egyptians and their pharaoh on the Israelites in Egypt is to be seen in their forced labour in making bricks and construction work. Liberation involved leaving the country together, under the leadership of Moses. A final section examines a few further literary texts dating from the Hellenistic and Roman periods that treat related Jewish subjects.
176-210
Cambridge University Press
Pearce, Sarah J.
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2024
Pearce, Sarah J.
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Pearce, Sarah J.
(2024)
Jewish perspectives on slavery in Egypt.
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Rowlandson, Jane L., Bagnall, Roger S. and Thompson, Dorothy J.
(eds.)
Slavery and Dependence in Ancient Egypt: Sources in Translation.
Cambridge University Press, .
(doi:10.1017/9781139506809.005).
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In this chapter, the subjection of the Israelites in Egypt and their later liberation from oppression is examined with extracts from the Hebrew Torah, and the Greek Septuagint. The vocabulary of servitude of both Hebrew and Greek is discussed through the account of Joseph’s service and disgrace in the house of Potiphar, followed by the suffering of the Israelites, the later descendants of Jacob. The oppression inflicted by the Egyptians and their pharaoh on the Israelites in Egypt is to be seen in their forced labour in making bricks and construction work. Liberation involved leaving the country together, under the leadership of Moses. A final section examines a few further literary texts dating from the Hellenistic and Roman periods that treat related Jewish subjects.
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Jane L. Rowlandson
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