The First Christian Slave
The slave Onesimus is the central figure in the letter to Philemon, but he remains silent throughout the discourse. Studies of the letter focus on whether or not Onesimus was a fugitive slave, and on the question of Paul's intentions for him: did he want Philemon to accept him back as a brother in faith; did he expect Philemon to return Onesimus to him for his own use; or was Paul hinting that Philemon should manumit Onesimus? This study centers on Onesimus as an intentional convert; the first Christian slave whose name we know. Using research about early Christian slavery, slavery in the Roman world, and comparative evidence from African-Ame…
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- ISBN: 978-1-72527-014-5
- EAN: 9781725270145
- Produktnummer: 35677518
- Verlag: Cascade Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 136 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.1 cm 314 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 314
Über den Autor
Mary Ann Beavis is Professor Emerita, St. Thomas More College, The University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. She is the co-author, with HyeRan Kim-Cragg, of What Does the Bible Say? A Critical Conversation with Popular Culture in a Biblically Illiterate World (2017).
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