literary, social, and moral dimensions Harrill, James Albert 1963- creator text bibliography mnu Minneapolis Fortress Press 2006 monographic eng

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xiv, 322 p. 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. J. Albert Harrill. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Criticism, interpretation, etc Slavery in the Bible Slavery Religious aspects Christianity HT915 .H32 2006 225.83 Har 2006 0800637720 (hardcover : alk. paper) 080063781X (pbk. : alk. paper) 2005024272 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024272.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024272.html DLC 150206 20250516151636.0