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Tendencies in the Research on the Letter to Philemon since 1980
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2000
The apostle Paul's letter to his friend and fellow Christian Philemon, which focuses on the question of slavery, has long inspired debate. Onesimus, one of Philemon's slaves and a Christian himself, has left his master's house and sought refuge with Paul.
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The apostle Paul's letter to his friend and fellow Christian Philemon, which focuses on the question of slavery, has long inspired debate. Onesimus, one of Philemon's slaves and a Christian himself, has left his master's house and sought refuge with Paul.
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Contextual Interpretation of the Letter to Philemon in the United States
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New Testament Studies, 1987
The Pauline epistle known as Philemon is generally understood to be a letter written by Paul to a slaveowner on behalf of the runaway slave Onesimus requesting that the latter be allowed to return without penalty to the household in which he served. This article proposes a new interpretation of the letter that differs from the traditional in four major
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The Pauline epistle known as Philemon is generally understood to be a letter written by Paul to a slaveowner on behalf of the runaway slave Onesimus requesting that the latter be allowed to return without penalty to the household in which he served. This article proposes a new interpretation of the letter that differs from the traditional in four major
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Persuasion in Paul's Letter to Philemon
Acta Patristica et Byzantina, 2009A new trend in the rhetorical analysis of Paul's letters is to reconstruct his persuasive strategy from the text itself, rather than applying ancient or modern rhetorical models from outside.
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The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon
2008Using the same brilliant exegesis and sound practical insight found in his previous work, Douglas J. Moo here not only accurately explains the meaning of the Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon, but also applies that meaning to twenty-first-century readers. Moo introduces each book with a series of five similar questions: To whom was it
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The Letter to Philemon: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002This latest commentary in the ECC series is unique for its exhaustive study of the ancient world at the time Philemon was written. Drawing on secular sources from Greece and Rome, from Christian writers of the time, and from other sections of Scripture, Markus Barth provides a thorough examination of slavery in Paul's day as background to a proper ...
John Byron, Markus Barth, Helmut Blanke
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Rhetorical Structure and Design in Paul's Letter to Philemon
Harvard Theological Review, 1978What has Paul to do with Quintilian? For a host of scholars this question would answer itself, rhetorically. A stock device, the rhetorical question has long been favored in argument. Even Paul is no exception. “Where is the wise man?” he asks. “Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” (1
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Places—Real and Imagined—in the Letter to Philemon
NeotestamenticaAbstract: This contribution explores three aspects of the reception history of the Letter to Philemon to highlight the diverse ways in which interpreters have envisioned the spaces presupposed by or mentioned in the letter, as well as the significant impact of certain preconceptions and assumptions on their understanding of these spaces.
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