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The Usefulness of an Onesimus: The Sexual Use of Slaves and Paul's Letter to Philemon
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2011Marchal Joseph A
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Onesimus Our Brother: Reading Religion, Race, and Culture in Philemon
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The Prisoner Paul in the Eyes of Onesimus
New Testament Studies, 1991Philemon 10 gives a clear indication that the slave Onesimus and the apostle Paul came to be together in a place of imprisonment. How exactly this transpired is a matter of debate. Some have simply asserted that ‘Paul somehow got to meet Onesimus’, or that Onesimus ‘came into touch with Paul’.
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Die Bitte des Paulus für den Sklaven Onesimus
Novum Testamentum, 2018Abstract Interpretation of Paul’s letter to Philemon faces the problem that the situation is obscure. Paul only alludes to what has happened. It is common to presuppose the use of a rhetorical device which makes it possible to deviate from the literal sense of the passage.
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Subverting Slavery: Philemon, Onesimus, and Paul’s Gospel of Reconciliation
Evangelical Quarterly, 2014The lack of a taxonomic exposition by Paul on the issue of slavery in the Roman Empire has led modern scholars to regard the apostle as a socially disengaged religious figure. However, given the risks of anachronistically employing modern categories to describe Paul’s social stance, it seems imperative that interpreters take seriously the context of ...
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"For My Child, Onesimus": Paul and Domestic Power in Philemon
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2000I. Philemon's Family Language Early in the second century CE, the younger Pliny wrote a letter to his friend Sabinianus on behalf of an errant freedman: I know you are angry with him, and I know, too, it is not without reason; but clemency can never exert itself more laudably than when there is more cause for resentment.
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Onesimus A case study of slave conversion in early Christianity
Religion and Theology, 1996AbstractScholarly interest in Onesimus has tended to focus on the history behind the letter to Philemon, the nature of Paul's request to Philemon, and the degree to which Philemon acceded to it. This study seeks to address these and other questions against the background of slavery and the religious practices of domestic slaves in the world of early ...
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