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Der Brief and Philemon; The Letter to Philemon
European Journal of Theology, 2020Summary Two academic commentaries on Philemon were published in 2017. Though they differ in many points of interpretation, Ebner and McKnight share the view that Paul was not seeking the manumission of the slave Onesimus. Both introduce performance criticism into their repertoire of analytical tools.
Joel White
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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
S. C. Winter
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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
S. C. Winter
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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
F. Church
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Book Review: Scot McKnight, The Letter to Philemon
Review & Expositor, 2018Chapter four engages 1 Cor 14:33b–36, in which the writer commands women to be silent and subservient to their husbands. In giving charity to the text, she focuses on the disorder and chaos that plagued the church, and the need for unity and peace.
Allyson R. Presswood Nance
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2000
Although sometimes regarded as trivial because of its brevity or its treatment of issues distant from the modern world, the letter to Philemon remains valuable both for its insight into the social setting of the New Testament and for its reiteration of a central component of the gospel — brotherly love.
Markus Barth, Helmut Blanke
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Although sometimes regarded as trivial because of its brevity or its treatment of issues distant from the modern world, the letter to Philemon remains valuable both for its insight into the social setting of the New Testament and for its reiteration of a central component of the gospel — brotherly love.
Markus Barth, Helmut Blanke
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Complicating Class in the Letter to Philemon:
The Struggle over Class, 2021A. Cadwallader
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History, Illocution, and Theological Exegesis: Reading Paul's Letter to Philemon
Nova et vetera, 2020James B. Prothro
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Pauline Epistles as Affective Technologies: Liberating Literary Form and the Letter to Philemon
Biblical Interpretation, 2022This article explores the affective potentials of the Pauline epistles by extending a proposal that I made in my book, Literary Theory and the New Testament.
Michal Beth Dinkler
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