How does the Torah handle the issue of slavery?

A. with detailed regulations about the maximum length of time a master is allowed to keep the slave, what to do if the slave wants to be with his family but they are also slaves, the differences regarding Hebrew or Gentile slaves, etc.
B. with outright condemnation
C. delicately, with implicit assumptions about the "natural order" of things
D. by ignoring the subject


A. with detailed regulations about the maximum length of time a master is allowed to keep the slave, what to do if the slave wants to be with his family but they are also slaves, the differences regarding Hebrew or Gentile slaves, etc.

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a. abortion is permissible if the woman’s life is in danger b. abortion is permissible if the pregnancy happened as a result of rape c. abortion is permissible if reasonable precautions were taken to avoid pregnancy d. abortion is wrong except in cases in which the fetus is severely defective

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A) No Emmy winners are people who are not celebrities. B) All people who are not celebrities are people who are not Emmy winners. C) No Emmy winners are celebrities. D) Some Emmy winners are celebrities. E) Some Emmy winners are not celebrities.

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The Presocratics were:

1. not really philosophers. 2. concerned with offering supernatural explanations. 3. not concerned with using logic. 4. concerned with questioning the assumptions of myth makers.

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