Slaves in the New Testament: Literary, Social, and Moral DimensionsIn this exciting new analysis of slaves and slavery in the New Testament, Harrill breaks new ground with his extensive use of Greco-Roman evidence, discussion of hermeneutics, and treatment of the use of the New Testament in antebellum U.S. slavery debates. He examines in detail Philemon, 1 Corinthians, Romans, Luke-Acts, and the household codes. |
Contents
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The Slave Body | 35 |
The Physiognomies of the Naturally Slavish Body | 37 |
Invective and the Greek and Roman Rhetoric of Manhood | 45 |
Slave Dealers and Sexual Immorality | 129 |
Slave Dealers and Violation of Holiness | 133 |
Slave Dealers and Violation of Jewish Law | 136 |
10 and the Vice of Slave Dealers | 139 |
The Domestic Enemy | 145 |
A Case of Mastercide | 147 |
Slave Autopsy in Early Christian Apology | 153 |
The Slave Body as Spectacle in Early Christian Martyrdom | 157 |
CynicSocratic Apologia and Paul at War | 53 |
Conclusion | 56 |
The Comedy of Slavery in Story and Parable | 59 |
18 | 66 |
Conclusion | 83 |
Subordinate to Another | 85 |
Colossians and Ephesians the Epistle of Barnabas the Didache and the Doctrina Apostolorum | 87 |
The Ancient Handbook Tradition | 97 |
Justice Accountability and Piety | 103 |
Early Christian Household Codes as Handbooks | 113 |
Conclusion | 116 |
The Vice of the Slave Trader | 119 |
Lawlessness of Slave Dealers in Acquiring Merchandise | 124 |
Untrustworthiness of Slave Dealers in Selling Merchandise | 125 |
Conclusion | 162 |
The Use of the New Testament in the American Slave Controversy | 165 |
AntislaveryAbolitionist Theology and Exegesis | 166 |
The Voices of African Americans | 177 |
Proslavery Theology and Exegesis | 180 |
Conclusion | 191 |
Epilogue | 193 |
Abbriviation | 197 |
Notes | 201 |
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| Title | Slaves in the New Testament: Literary, Social, and Moral Dimensions |
| Author | James Albert Harrill |
| Publisher | Fortress Press |
| ISBN | 145140994X, 9781451409949 |
| Length | 322 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Commentary / New Testament Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament |
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