Evaluating the Rhetoric of Paul’s Letter to Philemon: Implications for Master-Slave Relationship in Christian Households
Many kinds of studies have been conducted on Greco-Roman slavery practices and the Christian response to religious and domestic conflicts. However, very little research has been carried out in biblical studies to appraise the rhetoric of Paul’s letter to Philemon and its persuasive implications f...
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| description | Many kinds of studies have been conducted on Greco-Roman slavery practices and the
Christian response to religious and domestic conflicts. However, very little research has
been carried out in biblical studies to appraise the rhetoric of Paul’s letter to Philemon
and its persuasive implications for handling tensions and dilemmas that emerge from
master-servant relationships in the Christian domestic contexts. This paper contributes to
the scholarship on Philemon by critically interpreting the persuasiveness of the letter. It
exposes Paul’s intentional use of highly emotive argumentations, familial concepts and
visual symbols to influence the beliefs, state of mind, values and contemplated actions of his
primary audience regarding a particular distressing exigency. It reveals the strong subversive
and transformative tone of the letter. The paper contends that the message of Philemon has
effective rhetorical power for managing the challenges faced by Christian parents, maids
and fictive children in the Christian household |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3877effdc397475bb72797e71ad30a8a2023-09-02T18:49:36ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies2458-73382021-03-01734660https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.2021731Evaluating the Rhetoric of Paul’s Letter to Philemon: Implications for Master-Slave Relationship in Christian HouseholdsMaxwell Kojo Tsibu0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9346-8646Methodist College of Education, Akyem Asene-Aboabo, Oda- Eastern Region - GhanaMany kinds of studies have been conducted on Greco-Roman slavery practices and the Christian response to religious and domestic conflicts. However, very little research has been carried out in biblical studies to appraise the rhetoric of Paul’s letter to Philemon and its persuasive implications for handling tensions and dilemmas that emerge from master-servant relationships in the Christian domestic contexts. This paper contributes to the scholarship on Philemon by critically interpreting the persuasiveness of the letter. It exposes Paul’s intentional use of highly emotive argumentations, familial concepts and visual symbols to influence the beliefs, state of mind, values and contemplated actions of his primary audience regarding a particular distressing exigency. It reveals the strong subversive and transformative tone of the letter. The paper contends that the message of Philemon has effective rhetorical power for managing the challenges faced by Christian parents, maids and fictive children in the Christian householdhttps://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ERATS2021731.pdfrhetoric1st century greco-roman contextmaster-slave relationshipchristianity |
| spellingShingle | Maxwell Kojo Tsibu Evaluating the Rhetoric of Paul’s Letter to Philemon: Implications for Master-Slave Relationship in Christian Households E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies rhetoric 1st century greco-roman context master-slave relationship christianity |
| title | Evaluating the Rhetoric of Paul’s Letter to Philemon: Implications for Master-Slave Relationship in Christian Households |
| title_full | Evaluating the Rhetoric of Paul’s Letter to Philemon: Implications for Master-Slave Relationship in Christian Households |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating the Rhetoric of Paul’s Letter to Philemon: Implications for Master-Slave Relationship in Christian Households |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the Rhetoric of Paul’s Letter to Philemon: Implications for Master-Slave Relationship in Christian Households |
| title_short | Evaluating the Rhetoric of Paul’s Letter to Philemon: Implications for Master-Slave Relationship in Christian Households |
| title_sort | evaluating the rhetoric of paul s letter to philemon implications for master slave relationship in christian households |
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