Slavery and Asceticism in 1 Timothy
This article examines the statements about slavery in 1 Timothy in the context of early Christian asceticism. While these statements about slavery have been subjected to numerous scholarly evaluations, the possible relationship between slavery and asceticism in 1 Timothy is yet to be investigated. A...
| Published in: | Neotestamentica |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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NTWSA
[2019]
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| In: |
Neotestamentica
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Timotheusbrief 1.
/ Slavery
/ Asceticism
/ Slave
/ Woman
/ Social status
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BF Gnosticism CB Christian life; spirituality HC New Testament HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Marcionism
B Slavery B Pastoral Epistles B Nortjé-Meyer, Lilly 1957- B 1 Timothy B Festschrift B Asceticism |
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| Summary: | This article examines the statements about slavery in 1 Timothy in the context of early Christian asceticism. While these statements about slavery have been subjected to numerous scholarly evaluations, the possible relationship between slavery and asceticism in 1 Timothy is yet to be investigated. Along with providing a status quaestionis related to asceticism in 1 Timothy, the study first delineates aspects about early Jewish-Christian asceticism that form the backdrop to 1 Timothy. Thereafter, ascetic dispositions towards slavery are analysed in detail, with special attention given to groups like the Essenes and Therapeutae , gnostic ascetic groups and especially Marcionite views about slavery. The main point that is then argued is that 1 Timothy represents an alternative ascetic discourse and practice, according to which the status of slaves, along with that of women, is not negated. Rather, 1 Timothy provides a vision of Christian asceticism that is popular, moderate and domestic in nature. Slaves do play a role in this form of asceticism, but like the women in the community, slaves are relegated mostly to subservient positions, without any probable change in their social status and circumstances of daily life. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/neo.2019.0024 |