In this podcast, we’re wrapping up our discussion of comments made by Richard Dawkins in his book, Outgrowing God, Chapter 6 (regarding whether slavery is advocated in the Bible) by discussing the most commonly asked questions about slavery in the Bible.
The previous two podcasts (part one here and part two here) addressed the question, “Does the Bible Advocate Slavery?”
Do you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes? Send us an email at askthemamabears@gmail.com.
The following table shows a comparison of slave systems:
Old Testament
New World
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
(Peter J. Williams, Does the Bible Support Slavery?, bethinking.org, 2015, lecture notes)
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Outgrowing God by Richard Dawkins, Amazon
Paul Copan, Is God a Moral Monster (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996)
Bethinking (ministry): bethinking.org
Peter Garnsey, Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine
Muhammad A Dandamayev, Slavery (OT), in Anchor Bible Dictionary (available on Logos Bible Software)
Lex Fufia Caninia and Lex Aelia Sentia
Peter J. Williams, Does the Bible Support Slavery? – Lecture from Lanier Theological Library on 30th October 2015
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Hillary Morgan Ferrer is the founder of Mama Bear Apologetics. She is the chief author and editor of Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies and Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality: Empowering Your Kids to Understand and Live Out God’s Design. Hillary has her masters in Biology and has been married to her husband, Dr. John D. Ferrer, for 15 years. Don’t let her cook for you. She’ll burn your house straight to the ground.
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