Semeia 83 84: Slavery in Text and Interpretation (1998)

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Contributors to this Issue......Page 8
Introduction: The Slavery of New Testament Studies / Allen Dwight Callahan, Richard A. Horsley, and Abraham Smith......Page 10
PART I: “All Slavery is Filled with Bitterness”: Slavery and Antiquity in the Letters of Paul......Page 26
1. The Slave Systems of Classical Antiquity and Their Reluctant Recognition by Modern Scholars / Richard A. Horsley......Page 28
2. Servants of God(s) and Servants of Kings in Israel and the Ancient Near East / Dexter E. Callender, Jr.......Page 76
3. 'Ebed/Doulos: Terms and Social Status in the Meeting of Hebrew Biblical and Hellenistic Roman Culture / Benjamin G. Wright,III......Page 92
4. The Depiction of Slavery in the Ancient Novel / Lawrence M. Wills......Page 122
5. Slave Resistance in Classical Antiquity / Allen Dwight Callahan and Richard A. Horsley......Page 142
6. Paul and Slavery: A Critical Alternative to Recent Readings / Richard A. Horsley......Page 162
Part II: “I Consider the Days of Slavery as the Darkest Days of the World”: The Pauline Corpus and Modern Slavery......Page 210
7. "Somebody Done Hoodoo'd the Hoodoo Man": Language, Power, Resistance, and the Effective History of Pauline Texts in American Slavery / Clarice J. Martin......Page 212
8. "Brother Saul": An Ambivalent Witness to Freedom / Allen Dwight Callahan......Page 244
9. Putting "Paul" Back Together Again: William Wells Brown's Clotel and Black Abolitionist Approaches to Paul / Abraham Smith......Page 260
10. Paul, Slavery and Freedom: Personal and Socio-Historical Reflections / Orlando Patterson......Page 272
PART III: Responses......Page 290
11. Reading our Heritage: A Response / Antoinette Clark Wire......Page 292
12. Paul and Slavery: A Response / Stanley K. Stowers......Page 304