Das Sklavenrecht in der spätantiken römischen Judengesetzgebung von Konstantin bis Justinian

This paper shows how the imperial legislation of the Jewry Law concerning slavery developed under the Christian Roman emperors from Constantine I to Justinian. It focuses on the following questions: Were Jewish masters allowed to have Christian slaves? Were Jewish masters allowed to convert Christian slaves to Judaism? And were Jewish masters allowed to circumcise their Christian slaves? After analyzing the ten leges of the Codex Theodosianus and the Codex Justinianus, this paper examines whether Jewish Law (Torah and Rabbinic Law) allowed Jews to replace Christian slaves by Jewish slaves.