The slave metaphor and gendered enslavement in early Christian discourse: double trouble embodied
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on abbreviations, texts, and translations -- Introduction -- 1 Thinking with saleable bodies: an intersectional approach to the slavery metaphor -- 2 Embodying the slavery metaphor...
| Summary: | Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on abbreviations, texts, and translations -- Introduction -- 1 Thinking with saleable bodies: an intersectional approach to the slavery metaphor -- 2 Embodying the slavery metaphor: female characters and slavery language -- 3 Metaphor and masculinity: the "no longer slave" formulations (John 15:15 and Gal 4:7) -- 4 The paradox of slavery: all believers are slaves of the Lord, but some are more slaves than others -- 5 From slave of a female owner to slave of God: negotiating gender, sexuality, and status in The Shepherd of Hermas -- 6 Jesus, the slave trader: metaphor made real in The Acts of Thomas -- Conclusion -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 1351241605 |