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King Zedekiah’s release of slaves for the strategic harmony of a besieged Jerusalem (Jer 34)
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- Scolnic, Benjamin E. (Author)
Title
King Zedekiah’s release of slaves for the strategic harmony of a besieged Jerusalem (Jer 34)
Abstract
King Zedekiah of Judah’s covenant to release Hebrew slaves during the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 588/587 and Jeremiah’s idealistic denunciation of the reclaiming of those slaves in Jer 34 has been the subject of interesting scholarly debate. For all the proposed foreign and intra-Biblical parallels, the policy was purely pragmatic and can be understood as a recognizable strategy from ancient texts that recommend procedures during a siege. Therefore when the siege is temporarily lifted, the policy is reversed.
Publication
Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Publisher
De Gruyter
Date
2023-06-01
Volume
135
Issue
2
Pages
278-283
Citation Key
scolnicKingZedekiahsRelease2023
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6/8/23, 4:34 PM
ISSN
1613-0103
Language
de
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Citation
Scolnic, B. E. (2023). King Zedekiah’s release of slaves for the strategic harmony of a besieged Jerusalem (Jer 34). Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 135(2), 278–283. https://doi.org/10.1515/zaw-2023-2007
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