Bodies and Souls: The Case for Reading Revelation 18.13 as a Critique of the Slave Trade
Though commentators often claim that Rev 18.13 entails a critique of the slave trade, a robust defence of this assertion has not been offered. In this article, I first analyse the use of the terms sōmata and psychai anthrōpōn in the extant Greek literature and demonstrate that the peculiar conjuncti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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New Testament studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 64, Issue: 3, Pages: 397-409 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Offenbarung des Johannes 18,13
/ Slave trade
/ Criticism
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Slavery
B Rome B Revelation B Early Christianity B Slave trade |
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| Summary: | Though commentators often claim that Rev 18.13 entails a critique of the slave trade, a robust defence of this assertion has not been offered. In this article, I first analyse the use of the terms sōmata and psychai anthrōpōn in the extant Greek literature and demonstrate that the peculiar conjunction of these terms in Rev 18.13 is best understood as a critique of the slave trade. I then demonstrate that such an interpretation accords with the literary context of Rev 18.13. This article thus offers an important contribution to the ongoing debate concerning the early Christian view of slavery. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688518000103 |