Slaves in the New Testament :literary, social, and moral dimensions /J. Albert Harrill.

Book

Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Description

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. xiv, 322 p. ;23 cm.

Book Details

Author

Harrill, James Albert

Place Published

City

Minneapolis

Date Published

2006

Publication Subjects

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

Call No.

HT915 .H32 2006

ISBN

0800637720 (hardcover : alk. paper), 080063781X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005024272

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-312) and indexes.