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Tag: Greco-Roman Households

  • Paul’s Subversion of the Empire

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    [This post was originally posted March 16, 2006, as part of my Theology and Economics series.] Some of the most controversial passages in Scripture deal with the "household codes" in the New Testament epistles. Most prominent among these are Ephesians 5:18-6:9 and Colossians 3:18-4:1. Some scholars regard Ephesians and Colossians as deutero-Pauline epistles written after…

  • Theology and Economics: Paul’s Subversion of the Empire

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    Some of the most controversial passages in Scripture deal with the "household codes" in the New Testament epistles. Most prominent among these are Ephesians 5:18-6:9 and Colossians 3:18-4:1. Some scholars regard Ephesians and Colossians as deutero-Pauline epistles written after Paul's death. Part of the case against Pauline authorship is their inclusion of the household codes…