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A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of the Letter to Philemon in Light of the New Institutional Economics: An Exhortation to Transform a Master-Slave Ec
Contributor(s): Ip, Alex Hon Ho (Author)

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 ISBN: 3161547284     ISBN-13: 9783161547287
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
OUR PRICE: $117.80  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: September 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament
Physical Information: (1.23 lbs) 246 pages
 
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In this study, Alex Hon Ho Ip argues that when Paul wrote to Philemon about Onesimus, his main purpose was not to try and reunite, as is widely held, a runaway slave with his master, but rather to have Onesimus accepted as a beloved brother in Christ. By examining the letter's inner texture, the author shows that Paul's main concern was for Philemon and Onesimus to be reconciled in brotherly love. The inter-textual weave reveals Paul's theological and ethical thoughts on love, which is the basis for the apostle's main argument. By taking a new institutional economics approach to help reconstruct the economic relationship between slave and master, Alex Hon Ho Ip is able to offer a better understanding of the original relationship Paul argued against. With all this in mind, the focus is on re-reading the letter and hearing how Paul's rhetoric exhorts a new relationship between Onesimus and Philemon.
 
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