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[German Version] There is no endorsement, or even explicit mention, of adoption as an ongoing practice in Old Testament law. There are, in effect, three references to acts of adoption – of Moses (Ex 2:10), Genubath (1 Kgs 11:20), and Esther (Esth 2:7, 15) – but, as is often noted, these all take place outside of Palestine and thus in contexts foreign to Jewish rule and custom. Torah tradition as such simply does…