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Beyond a Slave: Support for the Manumission of Onesimus from Discourse Analysis [PDF]
Did Paul intend for Philemon to manumit Onesimus? This article aims to present evidence in support of a manumissive view of Paul’s communicative intent to Philemon. Through a cognitive functional approach to discourse analysis, the sentence comprising vv. 15–16 is proposed to represent the peak of the epistle.
Devin Arinder
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Recent investigations into the law of fugitives and suppliants in hellenistic Egypt, a law which was based upon the procedure of classic Greece and so was generally like hellenistic law throughout the east, have thrown much light upon the subject, and suggest a reconsideration of the case, of Onesimus and his relations with Paul and Philemon. According
Erwin R. Goodenough
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Het Nieuwe Testament bestaat grotendeels uit brieven. Wat het interpreteren van deze teksten lastig maakt, is dat we geen toegang hebben tot de volledige briefwisseling. Alleen de brieven van Paulus zijn bewaard gebleven. Daarin verwijst hij soms naar brieven die hij ontvangen heeft, maar geen van die brieven bestaan vandaag de dag nog. We zijn op onze
Lietaert Peerbolte, Bert Jan
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The otherness of Onesimus: Re-reading Paul’s Letter to Philemon from the margins
Theology Today, 2016Onesimus has so far remained a colonized or marginalized other in the text and history of reception across historical and cultural constraints. In contrast to this colonizing strategy of reading, the thesis of this paper is that Onesimus, as a minor character, plays a major role in liberating himself from the bondage of slavery’s hierarchical ...
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Supplying The Missing Body Of Onesimus: Readings Of Paul’S Letter To Philemon
2009The Apostle Paul's letter to Philemon is just that - a letter. It is a personal letter to a "dear friend" about a particular situation that involves Paul, Philemon and a certain man named Onesimus. This chapter focuses on the nature of this text as a both a personal letter about a particular experience in the life of Paul and an authoritative canonical
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