Harrill, James Albert, 1963-

Slaves in the New Testament : literary, social, and moral dimensions / J. Albert Harrill. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2006. - xiv, 322 p.

Includes bibliographical references 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)

2005024272


Bible.--N.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


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

HT915 / .H32 2006

225.8/306362