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Sometimes regarded as trivial because of its brevity, the letter to Philemon remains valuable both for its insight into the social setting of the New Testament and for its reiteration of a central component of the gospel—brotherly love. Barth and Blanke’s commentary is unique for its exhaustive study of the ancient world at the time Philemon was written. They examine the institution of slavery in...

observes, “There is no subject of ancient history more difficult to study and more beset with controversy and dispute.”2 I. PROBLEMS OF AN ADEQUATE DESCRIPTION a. Ideological presuppositions can influence the selection and interpretation of ancient texts. There is a passionately engaged humanitarianism that abhors and detests slavery in any conceivable form; there exists a specifically Jewish or Christian zeal for abolition of slavery in Europe, in North America, or elsewhere; conspicuous also is
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