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Trevor Jenkins
Trevor.Jenkins at suneidesis.com
Tue Apr 11 14:06:54 EDT 2000
On Tuesday, 11 April, 2000 18:55:25, Harold R. Holmyard III
<hholmyard at ont.com> wrote:
> I appreciate John Stendahl's note about the harsh modern connotation of the
> word slave. It reminded me that Greek slaves often held important positions
> in Roman households. They often could purchase their own freedom. Among
> other things, Greek slaves were responsible for much education of the young
> in Roman households.
Would it be more accurate to think of Greek/Roman slave as indentured
employees? Except that this would loose some of the force behind the
metaphor. Especially Paul telling "slave obey your masters".
> Apparently one's condition as a slave depended on the
> master and could vary within a household. As a practice with worldwide
> acceptance, slavery must have had different connotations than at present.
The conditions of employment vary today and some are no better than slaves.
But I'd better steer clear of that issue. ;-)
Regards, Trevor
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