Pauls’s Request for the Slave Onesimus (Die Bitte des Paulus für den Sklaven Onesimus): Semantische und syntaktische Überlegungen zum Philemonbrief

Interpretation of Paul’s letter to Philemon faces the problem that the situation is obscure. Paul only alludes to what has happened. It is common to presuppose the use of a rhetorical device which makes it possible to deviate from the literal sense of the passage. It appears that a philologically ca...

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Main Author: Förster, Hans 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Novum Testamentum
Year: 2018, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 268-289
Further subjects:B Philemon Onesimus rhetorical figure syntax slave
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Summary:Interpretation of Paul’s letter to Philemon faces the problem that the situation is obscure. Paul only alludes to what has happened. It is common to presuppose the use of a rhetorical device which makes it possible to deviate from the literal sense of the passage. It appears that a philologically cautious translation of Philemon 8, 18 and 19 might be a starting point for a new understanding of the text.
ISSN:1568-5365
Contains:Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341604