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Paul and the Rise of the Slave
Death and Resurrection of the Oppressed in the Epistle to the Romans
Series: - Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 141
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Paul and the Rise of the Slave locates Paulâs description of himself as a âslave of Messiah Jesusâ in the epistolary prescript of Paulâs Epistle to Rome within the conceptual world of those who experienced the social reality of slavery in the first century C.E. The Althusserian concept of interpellation and the Life of Aesop are employed throughout as theoretical frameworks to enhance how Paul offered positive ways for slaves to imagine an existence apart from Roman power. An exegesis of Romans 6:12-23 seeks to reclaim the earliest reception of Romans as prophetic discourse aimed at an anti-Imperial response among slaves and lower class readers.
K. Edwin Bryant, PhD (2013), Macquarie University, is an adjunct professor of New Testament and Early Christianity. He is the Senior Pastor of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church of Dayton, OH, and serves as the Bishop of Administration for FGBCFI, Inc.
"This book is a must read and helps the readers to gain a rich and balanced understanding about Paulâs theology and ethics dealing with the most marginalized in society. Bryantâs work is very original, compellingly persuasive, deeply contextual, and yet critical enough to dig in first-century slave experience in Rome and elsewhere. Placing Paul in Jewish prophetic tradition, he argues that Paulâs self-identification with âa slave of Jesusâ in Rom 1:1 is intentional addressing a particular congregation full of the most marginal slaves in a desperately hopeless district called Trastevere. I highly recommend this well-written, insightful, and incisive book on Romans and Paulâs theology to all who take seriously who Paul was in dealing with the slaves in first century CE."
Yung Suk Kim, Virginia Union University
âK. Edwin Bryant, in The Rise of the Slave, has placed his finger on the pulse of the Roman Domination and Subjugation of the slave as subject. That pulse was created by the Apostle Paul when he employed the epitaph, according to Bryant, âSlave of Messiah Jesusâ to identify prophetically with this class of human beings so that they too may be transformed and repositioned as âSlaves of Messiah Jesus.â With a brilliant exegesis of Romans 1:1-2 and 6:12-23 and with "a moral and comic-philosophic tradition to reconstruct the socio-political milieuâ approach, Bryant radically reconstitutes scholarly views that somehow missed or overlooked Paul's political, ideological, and prophetic engagement with this hegemonic system of oppression."
Larry D. George, Gardner-Webb University
Yung Suk Kim, Virginia Union University
âK. Edwin Bryant, in The Rise of the Slave, has placed his finger on the pulse of the Roman Domination and Subjugation of the slave as subject. That pulse was created by the Apostle Paul when he employed the epitaph, according to Bryant, âSlave of Messiah Jesusâ to identify prophetically with this class of human beings so that they too may be transformed and repositioned as âSlaves of Messiah Jesus.â With a brilliant exegesis of Romans 1:1-2 and 6:12-23 and with "a moral and comic-philosophic tradition to reconstruct the socio-political milieuâ approach, Bryant radically reconstitutes scholarly views that somehow missed or overlooked Paul's political, ideological, and prophetic engagement with this hegemonic system of oppression."
Larry D. George, Gardner-Webb University
All interested in research on Romans, persons interested in Paulâs political rhetoric, individuals concerned the with comic-philosophical tradition, and researchers interested in identity formation of Roman slaves.