The Jewish manumission inscriptions of the Bosporus Kingdom
By: E. Leigh Gibson.
Series: Texts and studies in ancient Judaism,; 75; Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum ;; 75.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Slaves -- Emancipation -- Cimmerian Bosporus (Kingdom); Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Cimmerian Bosporus (Kingdom); Slavery (Jewish law) -- History -- to 1500.; Jewish law -- Roman influences.; Jewish inscriptions -- Cimmerian Bosporus (Kingdom)
Notes: Includes Greek inscriptions with English translations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1997.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I: The Context; title: Chapter 2: The Bosporan Region: An Introduction; title: A Historical Sketch of the Bosporan Kingdom; title: Evidence of Hellenism; title: The Jewish Presence in the Bosporus; title: Chapter Summary; title: Chapter 3: Greek Traditions of Manumission; title: A Taxonomy of Greek Manumissions; title: Sacral Manumissions; title: The Motivation behind the Manumission Inscription; title: Chapter Summary; title: Chapter 4: Judaism, Slavery, and Manumission; title: Historiography; title: Biblical Instruction on Slavery and Manumission; title: Jewish Manumission Inscriptions from Outside the Bosporus; title: Greco-Roman Jewish Literature on Slavery and Manumission; title: Chapter Summary; title: Part II: The Bosporan Manumissions; title: Chapter 5: An Overview of the Bosporan Manumissions; title: The Corpus of Inscriptions; title: The Pagan Manumissions; title: Chapter Summary; title: Chapter 6: The "Most High God" Manumissions; title: The Opening Invocation; title: The Date; title: The Emancipation; title: The Ongoing Obligations; title: The Oaths; title: The Oversight; title: Chapter Summary; title: Chapter 7: The Synagogue Manumissions; title: The Date; title: The Emancipation; title: The Ongoing Obligations; title: The Oversight; title: Chapter Summary; title: Chapter 8: Conclusion; title: Appendix: Texts and Translations; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: Index of Ancient Sources; title: Index of Moder Authors; title: Index of Subjects.