Slaves in the New Testament: Literary, Social, and Moral Dimensions - Paperback

by J. Albert Harrill (Author)

In this exciting new analysis of slaves and slavery in theNew Testament, Harrill breaks new ground with hisextensive use of Greco-Roman evidence, discussion ofhermeneutics, and treatment of the use of the NewTestament in antebellum U.S. slavery debates. He examinesin detail Philemon, 1 Corinthians, Romans, Luke-Acts, andthe household codes.