RT Book T1 The slave metaphor and gendered enslavement in early Christian discourse: double trouble embodied T2 Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World Ser A1 Kartzow, Marianne Bjelland 1971- LA English PP Milton PB Routledge YR 2018 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1019948396 AB Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on abbreviations, texts, and translations -- Introduction -- 1 Thinking with saleable bodies: an intersectional approach to the slavery metaphor -- 2 Embodying the slavery metaphor: female characters and slavery language -- 3 Metaphor and masculinity: the "no longer slave" formulations (John 15:15 and Gal 4:7) -- 4 The paradox of slavery: all believers are slaves of the Lord, but some are more slaves than others -- 5 From slave of a female owner to slave of God: negotiating gender, sexuality, and status in The Shepherd of Hermas -- 6 Jesus, the slave trader: metaphor made real in The Acts of Thomas -- Conclusion -- Index OP 182 CN HT915 SN 9781351241601 K1 Bible : Theology K1 Slavery in the Bible K1 Christian literature, Early : History and criticism K1 Slavery : Religious aspects K1 Christian literature, Early-History and criticism K1 Christian literature, Early--History and criticism K1 Slavery in literature K1 Slavery--Religious aspects--Christianity K1 Metaphor--Religious aspects--Christianity