TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Gibson,E.Leigh
TI  - The Jewish manumission inscriptions of the Bosporus Kingdom
SN  - 3161470419
AV  - HT863 .G53 1999
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Tu  bingen
PB  - Mohr Siebeck
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Emancipation
KW  - Cimmerian Bosporus (Kingdom)
KW  - Jews
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Slavery (Jewish law)
KW  - History
KW  - to 1500
KW  - Jewish law
KW  - Roman influences
KW  - Jewish inscriptions
N1  - Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1997; Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: Part I: The Context -- Chapter 2: The Bosporan Region: An Introduction -- A Historical Sketch of the Bosporan Kingdom -- Evidence of Hellenism -- The Jewish Presence in the Bosporus -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 3: Greek Traditions of Manumission -- A Taxonomy of Greek Manumissions -- Sacral Manumissions -- The Motivation behind the Manumission Inscription -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 4: Judaism, Slavery, and Manumission -- Historiography -- Biblical Instruction on Slavery and Manumission -- Jewish Manumission Inscriptions from Outside the Bosporus -- Greco-Roman Jewish Literature on Slavery and Manumission -- Chapter Summary -- Part II: The Bosporan Manumissions -- Chapter 5: An Overview of the Bosporan Manumissions -- The Corpus of Inscriptions -- The Pagan Manumissions -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 6: The "Most High God" Manumissions -- The Opening Invocation -- The Date -- The Emancipation -- The Ongoing Obligations -- The Oaths -- The Oversight -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 7: The Synagogue Manumissions -- The Date -- The Emancipation -- The Ongoing Obligations -- The Oversight -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- Appendix: Texts and Translations -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Moder Authors -- Index of Subjects
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy032/99231984.html
ER  -