Yes.
Where did you get that piece of information?
Not from a JW website that attempts to decieve others. But, I'm not going to dismiss the evidence, it was my intention all along for you to present it anyway.
Off the top of your head, and are you just saying it because it's easy to say?
Sorry, but you probably mistook your own reflection from your screen thinking that I have the same mindset as you.
I was just saying it to get you to actually present some kind of evidence, knowingly that it'll backfire on you. And it worked. After having several discussions with someone, eventually I can understand that person, where they are coming from and how to approach them. So then, how does one approach an irrational person who make claims and without presenting evidence? I tried a different approach, instead of making a rebuttal with evidence, all I did was make a "claim."
TagliatelliMonster was being modest for your blunder with him. But unfortunately for you, I won't be this time. I went fishing, literally and figuratively, I'm still out fishing right now. Haven't gotten a real fish yet, but suddenly it was hook line and sinker, I got myself a virtual fish.
Actually, the word slave existed long before our modern era. That's why it's in the Torah.
You're not entirely wrong. It existed before the modern era, but not during the time the Torah was written. The obvious clue is how it was being used in the scripture.
The original-language words rendered “slave” or “servant” are not limited in their application to persons owned by others. The Hebrew word ʽeʹvedh can refer to persons owned by fellowmen.
And here's where it happens, the backfire.
Actually "slave" was limited to that.
Definition of slave | Dictionary.com
noun
Slave
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
ORIGIN OF SLAVE
1250–1300; Middle English sclave<Medieval Latin sclāvus (masculine), sclāva (feminine) slave, special use of SclāvusSlavic, so called because Slavs were commonly enslaved in the early Middle Ages; see
Slav
The difference in our sources? Yours is from a JW website that clearly shows its deceitful motives. ie. Starts off with "original language" but not once did it talked about the origin of the word, "slave."
ʽeʹvedh - was the word that was talked about. And guess what? It means both. And that's what I, and the other people in this discussion, who you were also dodging, raised this point. You're the one who was in denial and refused to accept that it was also, "property" of another. Like what I said in post #314 the bible, if you're lacking in reading comprehension skills and just being dishonest, you would know when "servitude," a paid employee, was being used and when. "slave," someone with less to no rights who's owned as property by someone else.
(Genesis12:16;
Exodus 20:17) Or the term can designate subjects of a king (2 Samuel11:21; 2 Chronicles10:7),
subjugated peoples who paid tribute (
2 Samuel 8:2, 6),
and persons in royal service,
including cup-bearers, bakers, seamen, military officers, advisers, and the like, whether owned by fellowmen or not (
Genesis 40:20;
1 Samuel 29:3;
1 Kings 9:27;
2 Chronicles 8:18; 9:10; 32:9).
You can read more
here, for further enlightenment.
Correct. That was one of the definition that was used. And none of us denied any of that. The king's subjects, those who paid taxes. Gotcha. One time in history, there were some people who started a rebellion that turned into a war, paying taxes to a king thousands of miles away was one of the reasons why it happened. But since you did go pick some cherries again, here's another example. The was time known as Feudal Japan when the feudal lords, known as daiymos, who had to pay tribute for the Shogun, the one who ruled the country at the time. And obviously military officers, in fact, there's at least one chapter in the bible that told us soldiers got paid. Gold was one of them, after it was purified through the sacred fire, of course. Then probably the most valued payment, a pretty and young
virgin girl
that was forced into marriage.
