Slaves in the New Testament : literary, social, and moral dimensions /

Harrill, James Albert, 1963-,

Slaves in the New Testament : literary, social, and moral dimensions / [print] J. Albert Harrill. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, (c)2006. - xiv, 322 pages ; 23 cm.



The slave self : Paul and the discursive "I" -- The slave body : physiognomics and invective against Paul -- The comedy of slavery in story and parable -- Subordinate to another : elite slaves in the agricultural handbooks and the household codes -- The vice of the slave trader -- The domestic enemy : household slaves in early Christian apologies and accounts of martyrdom -- The use of the New Testament in the American slave controversy : a case history in the hermeneutical tension between biblical criticism and Christian moral debate.



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Bible.--New Testament


Slavery in the Bible.
Slavery--Religious aspects--Christianity.

HT915.H297.S538 2006 HT915