Slave of Christ A New Testament Metaphor for Total Devotion to Christ

Name: Slave of Christ A New Testament Metaphor for Total Devotion to Christ
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ISBN: 9780830826087

ISBN-10: 0830826084

ISBN-13: 9780830826087

Edition: 1999

Authors: Murray J. Harris, D. A. Carson

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The New Testament finds many ways to depict the relationship of Christians and their Lord. They are his disciples, sons, daughters and friends. But it is perhaps too little recognized that they are also his slaves.In this study Murray J. Harris sets out to uncover what it means to be a slave of Christ. He begins by assessing the nature of actual slavery in the Greco-Roman world and the New Testament's attitude towards it. Drawing insights from this, he goes on to unfold the metaphor of slavery to Christ. Among the topics discussed are slavery and spiritual freedom, lordship, ownership, and privilege.Slave of Christ is a model of good biblical theology, providing insights both for future…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 5/29/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Murray J. Harris is professor emeritus of New Testament Exegesis and Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and former warden of Tyndale House in Cambridge, England.



Series Preface


Author's Preface


Abbreviations



Introduction


Reasons for This Study


The Metaphor of Slavery


The Expression 'Slave(s) of God'


The Expression 'Slave(s) of Christ'



Slavery in the Roman Empire in the First Century AD


Jewish Slavery


Greek Slavery


Roman Slavery


Ancient and Modern Slavery



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



Slavery and freedom


Freedom and Slavery


Freedom from Slavery


Freedom for Slavery


Freedom in Slavery



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



Slavery and Ownership


The Fact of Ownership


The Means of Ownership


The Mark of Ownership



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



'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



'Slave of Christ': Four New Testament Examples


Dorcas


Onesiphorus


Priscilla and Aquila


Appendixes



The Use of Doulos in the Septuagint



New Testament Terms Denoting Slavery



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