Paul and the rise of the slave : death and resurrection of the oppressed in the epistle to the Romans / by K. Edwin Bryant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryant, K. Edwin, author.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 141.

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; VOLUME 141

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Romans--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Romans.

Slavery--Biblical teaching.

Slavery.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvi, 244 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2016]

Summary:

Paul and the Rise of the Slave locates Paul's description of himself as a "slave of Messiah Jesus" in the epistolary prescript of Paul's Epistle to Rome within the conceptual world of those who experienced the social reality of slavery in the first century C.E. The Althusserian concept of interpellation and the Life of Aesop are employed throughout as theoretical frameworks to enhance how Paul offered positive ways for slaves to imagine an existence apart from Roman power. An exegesis of Romans 6:12-23 seeks to reclaim the earliest reception of Romans as prophetic discourse aimed at an anti-Imperial response among slaves and lower class readers. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The social reality of slavery

The polemical construction of messianic identity

Romans as prophetic discourse

Exegesis of Romans 6:12-23.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-234) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Bryant, K. Edwin, author. Paul and the rise of the slave.

ISBN:

9789004296756

9004296751

OCLC:

944179741

Online:

Klappentext