Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2002
Abstract
The “release” of the Hebrew slaves during the time of the Babylonian siege was a cynical affair, setting the slaves “free” from being provided food and shelter by their owners in a time of scarcity. The passage raises important questions about the nature of freedom: freedom from? freedom unto? freedom for?
Publication Title
Word & World
ISSN
0275-5270
Publisher
Luther Seminary
Volume
22
Issue
4
First Page
396
Last Page
405
Published Citation
Jacobson, Rolf A. “A Freedom That Is No Freedom: Jeremiah 34 and the Sabbatical Principle.” Word & World 22, no. 4 (September 2002): 396–405.
Recommended Citation
Jacobson, Rolf A., "A Freedom That Is No Freedom: Jeremiah 34 and the Sabbatical Principle" (2002). Faculty Publications. 112.
https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/faculty_articles/112