ANTH 2140 Chapter Notes -Onesimus, Gaius Musonius Rufus, Manumission
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It was common for a slave who was in trouble with his master to seek the protection or intervention of his/her master"s associates (ehrman,368) In his letters to philemon, paul does not discount slavery or postulate about its practices among the christians; nor does he talk about the evils of slavery or condemn the practice of it (ehrman,369) Does paul show a lack of concern for the oppressed, because he doesn"t really ever talk about/show a concern for the social inequalities of his world? (ehrman, 370) Did paul want philemon to release his slave onesimus so he could could be used by. Wants to use the slave for his own work. Paul is concerned about what will happen to onesimus. Is onesimus a run-away slave? proposed because of the degree to which paul is concerned about the slave and what he may have done to offend his master. Compares everyone"s relationship as brother to approach the subject of freeing.
