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Paul, Philemon and Onesimus: Feeling One's Way into a Bible Story
Pacifica: Australasian Theological Studies, 1999L'A. relate une session qu'il a menee sur l'Epitre de Paul a Philemon et expose la methode employee pour l'etude et l'interpretation de la lettre par le groupe.
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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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Beyond a Slave: Support for the Manumission of Onesimus from Discourse Analysis
Journal for the Study of the New TestamentDid 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.
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