The Gibson, E. Leigh (Elizabeth Leigh) 1966- creator text bibliography gw Tu bingen Mohr Siebeck c1999 1999 monographic eng grc grc

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x, 201 p. ; 24 cm. 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 E. Leigh Gibson. Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1997. Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes Greek inscriptions with English translations. mb----- 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) HT863 .G53 1999 933 Gib 1999 3161470419 99231984 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy032/99231984.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy032/99231984.html ICU 150206 20260417192958.0 11767048