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10502-Tekst Artykułu-25352-1-10-20200501
10502-Tekst Artykułu-25352-1-10-20200501
T om IX — 1981
Summary
18 Por. de V a u x , jw . t. 4 s. 137.
19 C harakterystyczne jest to, że podczas gd y Jerem iasz (34) o d w o łu je się do
praw a K sięg i W y jśc ia (21), to N eh em iasz n ie m a żadnej a lu zji do K się g i K a p ła ń
sk iej (25); być m oże w ięc to osta tn ie p raw o jest p ó źn iejsze od epoki N ehem iasza.
The situ ation o f s l a v e s ' in Israel w as sp ecific in m an y respects. Slavery in
Israel n ev er reached th e proportions and form s g en era lly k n ow n in antiquity.
T he O ld T estam en t la w accep ted sla v ery as an actu a l sta te but tended tow ards
soften in g it. T he grow in g ten d en cy to hum anize the in stitu tion of sla v ery and
ev en to elim in ate it, can be noticed w h ile com paring the regu lation s concerning
sla v ery in cluded in th e Code of th e C ovenant, D eu teron om y and th e P riestly Code.
T h e sp ecific a ttitu d e tow ard s the social problem of sla v ery in Israel resulted
from th e religiou s exp erie n c e th at is found in the b egin n in g of the history of
th is n ation i.e. th e e v e r -liv in g m em ory of God’s liberation of the fathers of Israel
from th e E gyp tian cap tivity. T he h oly books con sta n tly ' rem inded the Israelites
th at th ey had b een sla v es in E gypt and th at th e m em ory of the fa ct should dispose
them to be m ercifu l to their slaves.