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Loving Resistance and Resistance through Love

A Multilayered Reading of Paul's Teaching and Loving Testimony in the Letter to Philemon

By: Alex Hon Ho Ip

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Loving Resistance and Resistance through Love

A Multilayered Reading of Paul's Teaching and Loving Testimony in the Letter to Philemon

By: Alex Hon Ho Ip

The Letter to Philemon is one of the most beautiful rhetorical letters written by Paul—and yet, at the same time, perhaps the most underread letter in the New Testament. Paul wrote this letter out of love, hoping to persuade the slave master Philemon to choose compassion rather than follow the typical Roman attitudes towards slaves; to treat Onesimus as a brother in Christ rather than as an inferior, subhuman chattel. This letter is not only theologically important but also important in a practical sense because it is more than mere words—it is a testimony. In order for readers to better appreciate the true depth of the meanings in the letter, this book is written in a rather creative way. Each chapter begins with a selected scene from the movie Les Misérables, to introduce the key theme of the chapter. Then the author will interpret the details of the text of the letter and the other relevant texts in the Pauline corpus. The final section of each chapter is a creative story, based on the text and historical context. The purpose of inventing these creative stories is to help readers better grasp the historical context and, most importantly, the rhetoric in the letter.

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109

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666707457

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9781666707458

A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of the Letter to Philemon in Light of the New Institutional Economics

An Exhortation to Transform a Master-Slave Economic Relationship into a Brotherly Loving Relationship

By: Alex Hon Ho Ip

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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 Economic Relationship into a Brotherly Loving Relationship

By: Alex Hon Ho Ip

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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Mohr Siebeck

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3161547284

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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 Economic Relationship into a Brotherly Loving Relationship

By: Alex Hon Ho Ip

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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 Economic Relationship into a Brotherly Loving Relationship

By: Alex Hon Ho Ip

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Loving Resistance and Resistance through Love

Loving Resistance and Resistance through Love

A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of the Letter to Philemon in Light of the New Institutional Economics

A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of the Letter to Philemon in Light of the New Institutional Economics

A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of the Letter to Philemon in Light of the New Institutional Economics

A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of the Letter to Philemon in Light of the New Institutional Economics

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