Biblical Slavery and its context || Interview with Dr. Josh Bowen

In this episode we get Dr. Josh Bowen of  @DigitalHammurabi  to talk about slavery in the Bible, and its context in the Ancient Near East. What do Christians often say about it? How did slavery in ancient Israel compare to the slavery practiced by its neighbors? Was it really a mostly kind sort of social institution, or was it something more akin to slavery in the American South? Buy Dr. Josh's book "Did the Old Testament Endorse Slavery": https://www.amazon.com.au/Did-Old-Testament-Endorse-Slavery/dp/1734358637 Join us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ReasontoDoubt Interact with us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PressX_toDoubtFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason2Doubt/Podcast: reason2doubt.podbean.comBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/reasontodoubt.bsky.social Timestamps 0:00 - Intro4:50 - Slavery in the Ancient Near East (ANE)16:30 - Tangent on genocide18:20 - Slavery in ancient Israel26:10 - Slaves being released every 7 years28:25 - Wasn't kidnapping outlawed!?30:00 - Was God meeting humans where they were?33:30 - Israelites becoming chattel38:25 - Was a slave then the same as a slave now?45:40 - Slavery in the American South vs ANE51:50 - How was slavery actually practiced in the ANE57:50 - Limitations on violence1:01:30 - Summary1:04:30 - How to engage with fundamentalists1:17:20 - Where to find more1:20:00 - Outro