Slavery as Salvation

by Dale B. Martin

Book Overview

Early Christians frequently used metaphors about slavery, calling themselves slaves of God and Christ and referring to their leaders as slave representatives of Christ. Most biblical scholars have insisted that this language would have been distasteful to potential converts in the Greco-Roman world, and they have wondered why early Christians such as Paul used the image of slavery to portray salvation. In this book Dale B. Martin addresses the issue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 166670072X
• ISBN13: 9781666700725
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"