Enslavement and Gender in the New Testament

Enslavement and Gender in the New TestamentIn the first century Roman Empire, men generally held privileged status. Masculinity was conceived as exercising power over both self and others through self discipline, violence, and authority in the community and household. This paradigm often proved socially problematic and fostered injustice and abuse of those in socially weaker positions. Masculinity was defined in contrast with femininity, childishness, and (significantly) slavery. Enslavement

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