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The yoke here is given in opposition to the yoke of sin and the Mosaic law, under which they had previous been groaning. The law of the Gospel is called a yoke, according to John McEvilly, because like every other law, "it binds us to certain duties, and forbids us to transgress certain limits". In the same way it is called a "burden" because ...
The Museum of the Bible, during a 2018 exhibition called "The Slave Bible: Let the Story Be Told", exhibited an example from 1807. This bible was one of three copies of this version, and is owned by Fisk University. It was printed by Law and Gilbert of London, for the Society for the Conversion of Negro Slaves. [5]
It is commonly suggested that Biblical slavery and early Christian slavery was less brutal than modern slavery (as compared with the African slave trade), however according to Chance Bonar, this is a faulty assumption, and there is ample historical evidence for extreme cruelty in ancient Mediterranean slavery, including that practiced by early ...
Slavery is at the heart of a crucial biblical tale: the story of Moses. The book of Exodus opens by describing a new Egyptian pharaoh who has forced the Israelites into slavery.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. The New International Version translates the passage as: Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Hebrews would be punished if they beat a slave causing death within a day or two, [17] and would have to let a slave go free if they were to destroy a slave's eye or tooth, [18] force a slave to work on the Sabbath, [19] return an escaped slave of another people who had taken refuge among the Israelites, [20] or to slander a slave. [21]
Paul, the author of several letters that are part of the New Testament, requests the manumission of a slave named Onesimus in his letter to Philemon, [3] writing "Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back forever—no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother" (Philemon 15-16).
Race and Slavery in the Middle East, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-505326-5. Kellerman, Christopher J. (2022). All Oppression Shall Cease: A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church. Orbis. ISBN 978-1-62698-489-9. McKivigan, John R.; Snay, eds. (1998). Religion and the Antebellum Debate over Slavery. University ...