You Are My Slaves: A Comparative Study of the Slavery Metaphor in Early Rabbinic and Early Christian Parables

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Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note to the Reader
Figures, Tables, and Bildfelder
Introduction: a Comparative Study of Slavery Parables
	1	Slavery Parables in Early Christianity and Early Rabbinic Judaism
	2	Comparison on Four Levels
	3	Outline of the Study
Theory and Methodology
	1	Delimitations: Chronology, Topography and Terminology
	2	What Are Slavery Parables?
	3	Previous Research on Slavery Parables
	4	How to Analyze Slavery Parables
Selling and Buying Slaves: Going from One Master to Another
	1	Same Day Delivery
	2	Debt-Slavery or Debt and Slavery?
	3	Slave or Free, Slave and Free?
	4	Reflection and Bildfeld
When the Master Is Away: Obeying the Master’s Orders
	1	Receiving Assignments
	2	Absente Ero
	3	Going the Extra Mile?
	4	Reflection and Bildfeld
Disciplining the Slave: the Threat of the Master
	1	Punishments
	2	Using Food as Carrot and Stick
	3	Serving for Rewards?
	4	Fleeing from the Master
	5	Reflection and Bildfeld
Slaves and Meals: Elevation and Reversal
	1	Reversal and Elevation in the New Testament
	2	Reversal and Elevation in Early Rabbinic Parables
	3	Reflection and Bildfeld
Conclusion: Working Out a Way of Living with the Heavenly Master
	1	Slavery Parables: Some Conclusions
	2	A Book about Comparison
	3	New Research Possibilities
	4	Final Remarks
Bibliography
Index of Slavery Parables
Index
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