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Discussions regarding the Jubilee have constantly evoked doubts asto its feasibility. With this in mind, I analyse the Jubilee in terms of slaveemancipation, debt relief, and land reform, with special focus on the caseof Korea. In conclusion, I propose a new direction for building a KoreanJubilee communityRegarding the case of slave emancipation, I analyse emancipationsby King Wanggun, King Gwangjong, and Sung-ge Lee and find out thatthey emancipated debt slaves. Although the system of slavery has longbeen abolished, our society still faces the problem of people strugglingwith debt and a poor working environment. I suggest a resolution basedon the manumission laws of the Old Testament. Concerning debt relief, I study the cases of King Munmu of theancient Shilla dynasty and Jeongtoe(停退) in the Hwangok system. I findout that the debt relief law of the Old Testament is still operable and canbe used to create a healthy community. Regarding land reform, I analyse the Gwazeonze(科田制) of SunggeLee and the land reform after the Korean liberation. I conclude thatthe Jubilee system is a key to establishing a fundamental life value and torestoring health of an entire community, including the poor as well as the middle class. T he Jubilee was not a temporary solution for the poorest, but itrecurred periodically and reformed the basic economic structure of theentire community. The Jubilee opens a way to life for the communityand avoids its being destroyed. The Jubilee community is a communityof God initiated by Him, with the land obeying and awaiting the choiceof humans. And further, the community can also be connected to thekingdom of God. As participants in the kingdom of God we should beinvolved in the construction of the Jubilee community, and share, mostimportantly of all, a firm belief that the Jubilee can be carried out.

한국어

본 연구의 목적은 노비해방, 채무면제, 토지개혁 등 희년과 관련된 한국 사례를 집중 분석하고 비교 연구하여 한국적인 희년 공동체를 건설할 수 있는 방향을 제시하려는 것이며, 희년공동체가 하나님의 공동체와 하나님의 나라와 연속선상에 있음을 밝히는 것이다.