Slaves in the New Testament: Literary, Social and Moral Dimensions
- ISBN: 080063781X, 9780800637811
- Page count: 360
- Published: 2005-10-24
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Fortress Press
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- Author: J. Albert Harrill
In this exciting new analysis of slaves and slavery in theNew Testament, Harrill breaks new ground with hisextensive use of Greco-Roman evidence, discussion ofhermeneutics, and treatment of the use of the NewTestament in antebellum U.S. slavery debates. He examinesin detail Philemon, 1 Corinthians, Romans, Luke-Acts, andthe household codes.
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