Grant Slaves Equality: Re-Examining the Translation of Colossians 4:1
This essay offers a fresh challenge to the widely accepted translation of Colossians 4:1. Though ἰσότης normally means ‘equality’, most scholars insist that in Colossians 4:1 the term must instead mean ‘fairness’, for the author evidently assumes the continuation of slavery in the Christian communit...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Tyndale House, Cambridge
2017-05-01
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Series: | Tyndale Bulletin |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.53751/001c.29426 |