Slaves in the New Testament : literary, social, and moral dimensions /
Harrill, James Albert,1963-
Minneapolis, Minn. : Fortress Press,
c2006.
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.
Bible.
Slavery in the Bible.
Slavery