re: #356 Sergey Romanov

I don’t have a lot of time right now—so, I don’t feel that any translations are reliable.

They could have become such for many reasons - poverty, debt, theft, being a captive, being sold by parents etc. (to say that it was simply someone owing money is plain incorrect).

Poverty=no money. Debt=no money. Theft=payback item plus 20%=no money. Captive=different story, see above. Being sold by parents=no money. It’s pretty much about owing money.

Yes, it sanctified slavery, but I don’t have time to get into it, in a rush. No, it did not sanctify any abuses. (We’ll have to finish this another time.)

As for the British source material about Jewish history—you can understand if I have trouble with those.

I’m not asking you to change your mind about slavery—but the evils that occurred did not come from the Torah. Got to run. Later dude.