Jewish Monotheism and Slavery - Paperbackby Catherine Hezser (Author) Biblical monotheism imagines God as a slave master who owns and has total control over humans as his slaves, who are expected to show obedience to him. The theological use of slavery metaphors has a limited value, however, and is deeply problematic from the perspective of real life slave practices. Ancient authors already supplemented the metaphor of God as a slave master with other images and emphasized God's difference