Harrill, James Albert, 1963-

Slaves n the New Testament : Literary, Social, And Moral Dimensions / J. Albert Harrill - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2006 - xiv, 322 p. ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-312) and indexes

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

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

GBA575570 bnb


Bible.--New Testament


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

HT915 / .H32 2006

225.8306362 / H297