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Philemon
Philemon , letter of the New Testament, written to a Colossian named Philemon by Paul , probably when the latter was a prisoner in Rome (c.AD 60). Onesimus, Philemon's fugitive slave, had found Paul and become a Christian. Paul sent him back to his master with a personal note adjuring the Christian... Read more |
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Onesimus
Onesimus , in the New Testament, runaway slave about whom Paul wrote the epistle to Philemon .... Read more |
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epistle
epistle , in the Bible, a letter of the New Testament. The Pauline Epistles (ascribed to St. Paul) are Romans , First and Second Corinthians , Galatians , Ephesians , Philippians , Colossians , First and Second Thessalonians , First and Second Timothy , Titus , Philemon , and Hebrews .... Read more |
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Colossians
Colossians , New Testament letter. It was written to the Christians of Colossae and Laodicea, ostensibly by Paul while he was in prison, presumably in Rome (c.AD 60). Its writing was provoked by the appearance of false teachers who taught some sort of gnostic doctrine involving either the worship... Read more |
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Ephesians
Ephesians , letter of the New Testament, written, according to tradition, by St. Paul to the Christians of Ephesus from his captivity at Rome (c.AD 60). There is ground for believing that the letter was intended as an encyclical. By virtue of the resurrection the writer claims that God has made... Read more |
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New Testament
New Testament the distinctively Christian portion of the Bible , consisting of 27 books of varying lengths dating from the earliest Christian period. The seven epistles whose authorship by St. Paul is undisputed were written c.AD 50-AD 60; most of the remaining books were written in the era AD... Read more |
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Philemon Holland
Philemon Holland 1552-1637, English translator and scholar. Educated at Cambridge, he became director of the free school in Coventry, where he also practiced medicine. He was the first English translator of Livy and Septonius, of Plutarch's Morals and Pliny's Natural History, and of Ammianus... Read more |
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Philemon and Baucis
Philemon and Baucis in Greek mythology, Phrygian husband and wife. When Zeus and Hermes visited earth as men, only Philemon and Baucis offered them hospitality. As a reward they were saved from a punitive flood and were made priest and priestess to the gods. They died together and were turned into... Read more |
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Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1828-89, English prelate and scholar. A fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, he became Hulsean professor of divinity (1861) and Lady Margaret professor (1875). In 1871 he became a canon of St. Paul's, London; in 1879 he was consecrated bishop of Durham. He was learned in... Read more |
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Saint Paul
Saint Paul d. AD 64? or 67?, the apostle to the Gentiles, b. Tarsus, Asia Minor. He was a Jew. His father was a Roman citizen, probably of some means, and Paul was a tentmaker by trade. His Jewish name was Saul. He was educated in Jerusalem, where he studied under Gamaliel and became a zealous... Read more |
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Paul's confrontation with class: the letter to Philemon as counter-hegemonic...
...s study is Paul's "confidence...closing in Paul's letters in comparison to the common letter tradition...narratology of Paul's letter...rereading of Philemon, we will address...subsequent book ... |
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Paul's confrontation with class: the Letter to Philemon as counter-hegemonic...
...s study is Paul's "confidence...closing in Paul's letters in comparison to the common letter tradition...narratology of Paul's letter...rereading of Philemon, we will address...subsequent book ... |
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