ebooks Jewish Emancipation and Self-Emancipation by Jacob Katz in History

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The New Testament finds many ways to depict the relationship of Christians and their Lord. They are his disciples; sons; daughters and friends. But it is perhaps too little recognized that they are also his slaves. In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume; Murray J. Harris sets out to uncover what it means to be a slave of Christ. He begins by assessing the nature of actual slavery in the Greco-Roman world and the New Testament's attitude towards it. Drawing insights from this; he goes on to unfold the metaphor of slavery to Christ. Among the topics discussed are slavery and spiritual freedom; lordship; ownership; and privilege. Slave of Christ is a model of good biblical theology; providing insights both for future study of the Bible and for practical application. Addressing key issues in biblical theology; the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson; aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify; to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.