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The Bible contains several references to slavery, which was a common practice in antiquity. The Bible stipulates the treatment of slaves, especially in the Old Testament.〔Deuteronomy 15:12-18〕 There are also references to slavery in the New Testament. Male Israelite slaves were to be offered release after six to seven years of service, with some conditions.〔Exodus 21:2-6〕〔Deuteronomy 15:12-15〕〔Jeremiah 34:14〕 Foreign slaves and their posterity became the perpetual property of the owner's family,〔Leviticus 25:44-47〕 except in the case of certain injuries.〔Exodus 21:26-27〕 The Bible was cited as justification for slavery by defenders.〔Stringfellow, A Scriptural defense of slavery, 1856〕〔Raymund Harris, Scriptural researches on the licitness of the slave, (Liverpool: H. Hodgson, 1788)〕 Abolitionists have also used text from the New Testament to argue for the manumission of slaves.〔http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/368〕〔(Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House )〕〔John R. McKivigan, Mitchell Snay, Religion and the Antebellum Debate Over Slavery〕〔George B. Cheever, D.DGod Against Slavery, p. 140〕 ==Enslavement== In the Ancient Near East, captives obtained through warfare were often compelled to become slaves, and this was seen by the law code of Deuteronomy as a legitimate form of enslavement, as long as Israelites were not among the victims; the Deuteronomic Code institutes the death penalty for the crime of kidnapping Israelites to enslave them.〔(Exodus 21 ) - Pulpit Commentary. Retrieved 30 October 2015.〕 The Israelites did not generally get involved in distant or large scale wars, and apparently capture was not a significant source of slaves.〔Anchor Bible Dictionary, David Noel Freedman (main ed.), DoubleDay:1992〕 The Holiness code of Leviticus explicitly allows participation in the slave trade, with non-Israelite residents who had been sold into slavery being regarded as a type of property that could be inherited. Foreign residents were included in this permission, and were allowed to own Israelite slaves. It was also possible to be born into slavery.〔''Peake's commentary on the Bible'' (1962), on Exodus 21:2-11〕 If a male Israelite slave had been given a wife by his owner, then the wife and any children which had resulted from the union would remain the property of his former owner, according to the Covenant Code. Although no nationality is specified, 18th century theologians John Gill (1697–1771) and Adam Clarke suggested this referred only to Canaanite concubines.〔http://www.ewordtoday.com/comments/exodus/gill/exodus21.htm〕〔http://www.godrules.net/library/clarke/clarkeexo21.htm〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Bible and slavery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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