Philemon Lecture

Sanctuary

________- Runaway slave can find a mediator to protect him from his master.

Onesimus

________- Slave to Philemon, now a runaway.

Slavery

________- based on circumstances leading up to ________ NOT race (being conquered in war, born of a slave, an unwanted infant, or a debt)

Art of Persuasion

________- he is a Christian (a brother), Pauls authority, etc.

Mosaic Law

________- allowed for slavery, as long as they werent Jews, but should be released once debt was paid.

Roman Law

________- slaves could be kept for life, unless a woman bore her master 4 children or a man turned 30 (in some parts)

Prison Epistle

________- couldve been written in Rome, Caesarea, or Ephesus prison.

Slavery

based on circumstances leading up to slavery NOT race (being conquered in war, born of a slave, an unwanted infant, or a debt)

Mosaic Law

allowed for slavery, as long as they werent Jews, but should be released once debt was paid

Roman Law

slaves could be kept for life, unless a woman bore her master 4 children or a man turned 30 (in some parts)

Degrees of Slavery

Some slaves lived better lives than others (Household slave > Colosseum slave)

Slavery in Church History

Christians and Bishops owned slaves, still Christianity was still a "slaves religion"

Onesimus

Slave to Philemon, now a runaway

Roman Law

Paul had to return Onesimus to his master

Sanctuary

Runaway slave can find a mediator to protect him from his master

Colossae

met with Paul there

Art of Persuasion

he is a Christian (a brother), Pauls authority, etc

Purpose

receive Onesimus back and reconcile (and preferably set him free)

Prison Epistle

couldve been written in Rome, Caesarea, or Ephesus prison

Uncomfortable Reality

People can misuse the BIble