Slave of Christ

A New Testament Metaphor for Total Devotion to Christ

Volume 8, New Studies in Biblical Theology

By Murray J. Harris

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 224 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: May 2001

ISBN-10: 0-8308-2608-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2608-7
IVP Order Code: 2608

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Biblical Theology

Series Preface
Author's Preface
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
--Reasons for This Study
--The Metaphor of Slavery
--The Expression 'Slave(s) of God'
--The Expression 'Slave(s) of Christ'
2. Slavery in the Roman Empire in the First Century AD
--Jewish Slavery
--Greek Slavery
--Roman Slavery
--Ancient and Modern Slavery
3. The New Testament Attitude Towards Physical Slavery
--Slaves and Slave-owning
--The 'slave-free' Contrast
--Imagery Drawn from Slavery
--Aspects of Slavery Repudiated
--New Attitudes Inculcated
--Paul's Letter to Philemon
--Concluding Observations
4. Slavery and freedom
--Freedom and Slavery
--Freedom from Slavery
--Freedom for Slavery
--Freedom in Slavery
5. Slavery and Lordship
--The Earliest Christological Confessions
--The Term Kyrios
--The Correlativity of Lordship and Slavery
--Slavery As a Yoke
--The Slave's Service
--Slavery to Other People
6. Slavery and Ownership
--The Fact of Ownership
--The Means of Ownership
--The Mark of Ownership
7. Slavery and Privilage
--The View of G. Sass
--The View of D. B. Martin
--Slavery to Christ--For the Few?
--'Slave of Christ': its Relation to 'Slave of God'
--Connotations of Doulos
8. 'Slave of Christ': its Significance in the New Testament
--Slave Imagery and its Origin
--The Negative Connotations of Slave Terminology
--Slavery to Christ as a Wholly Positive Image
--John 15:15, Galatians 4:7, and the Limitations of the Metaphor
--The Ideal Conditions of Slavery to Christ
9. 'Slave of Christ': Four New Testament Examples
--Dorcas
--Onesiphorus
--Priscilla and Aquila
Appendixes
1. The Use of Doulos in the Septuagint
2. New Testament Terms Denoting Slavery
3. The Translation of Doulos in English Versions of the New Testament
Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects
Index of Principal Greek and Latin Terms and Phrases
Index of Biblical References
Index of Other Ancient Authors and Writings