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Paul, the Philippians, and Caesar's household (Phil 4:22) -- Paul, Peter, and Nero's slaves: martyrdoms and apostolic acts -- Rome's imperial household in Christian polemic and apologetic -- Christian piety and a martyred slave of Caesar -- Material evidence for a Christian imperial freedman -- Christians and imperial personnel in Rome's catacombs -- Conclusion: the memory of imperial slavery in early Christianity.

El Registrum epistularum, obra que compila las epístolas producidas por Gregorio Magno en el período en el que estuvo a cargo de la Cátedra romana (590-604 d.C.), es una herramienta fundamental al momento de abordar diversas temáticas. Entre las más de 860 cartas que despachó el scrinium papal, 26 refieren a judíos, representando –como ya ha advertido la crítica– un material de gran relieve para reconstituir los vínculos entre judíos y cristianos. En este trabajo centraremos la mirada en las epístolas que aluden a poseedores judíos de esclavos, con el fin de comprender tanto la situación de aquellos señalados en las comunicaciones como las posiciones de Gregorio Magno y de otros hombres de Iglesia frente al problema. Aspiramos a demostrar que si bien existían imperativos simbólicos que llevaban a legisladores laicos y a hombres de Iglesia a intentar impedir el control de cristianos por parte de judíos, el principal temor detrás de tales medidas era la tendencia de los judíos a convertir a sus servi, no por motivos proselitistas sino, principalmente, prácticos. ; The Registrum epistularum, the compendium that collects the epistles written by Gregory the Great during his Papacy (590-604 A.D.) is a fundamental source to approach various issues of the period. Among more than 860 letters sent by the papal scrinium, 26 refer to Jews. They are, as the majority of scholars asserts, a material of great value to reconstruct the relationship between Jews and Christians. In this paper I will center the analysis on the epistles alluding to Jewish holders of slaves in order to apprehend not only the situation of the Jews mentioned in those communications, but also to understand the positions of Gregory the Great and of others Churchmen on the problem. I seek to demonstrate that although there were symbolic imperatives that compelled both lay legislators and Churchmen to avoid Jewish control over Christians, the principal reason for this attitude was the tendency of the part of the Jews to convert their slaves, not for proselytizing purposes but rather, principally, mainly for practical motives.

El Registrum epistularum, obra que compila las epístolas producidas por Gregorio Magno en el período en el que estuvo a cargo de la Cátedra romana (590-604 d.C.), es una herramienta fundamental al momento de abordar diversas temáticas. Entre las más de 860 cartas que despachó el scrinium papal, 26 refieren a judíos, representando –como ya ha advertido la crítica– un material de gran relieve para reconstituir los vínculos entre judíos y cristianos. En este trabajo centraremos la mirada en las epístolas que aluden a poseedores judíos de esclavos, con el fin de comprender tanto la situación de aquellos señalados en las comunicaciones como las posiciones de Gregorio Magno y de otros hombres de Iglesia frente al problema. Aspiramos a demostrar que si bien existían imperativos simbólicos que llevaban a legisladores laicos y a hombres de Iglesia a intentar impedir el control de cristianos por parte de judíos, el principal temor detrás de tales medidas era la tendencia de los judíos a convertir a sus servi, no por motivos proselitistas sino, principalmente, prácticos. ; The Registrum epistularum, the compendium that collects the epistles written by Gregory the Great during his Papacy (590-604 A.D.) is a fundamental source to approach various issues of the period. Among more than 860 letters sent by the papal scrinium, 26 refer to Jews. They are, as the majority of scholars asserts, a material of great value to reconstruct the relationship between Jews and Christians. In this paper I will center the analysis on the epistles alluding to Jewish holders of slaves in order to apprehend not only the situation of the Jews mentioned in those communications, but also to understand the positions of Gregory the Great and of others Churchmen on the problem. I seek to demonstrate that although there were symbolic imperatives that compelled both lay legislators and Churchmen to avoid Jewish control over Christians, the principal reason for this attitude was the tendency of the part of the Jews to convert their slaves, not for proselytizing purposes but rather, principally, mainly for practical motives. ; Fil: Laham Cohen, Rodrigo Jaime. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on abbreviations, texts, and translations -- Introduction -- 1 Thinking with saleable bodies: an intersectional approach to the slavery metaphor -- 2 Embodying the slavery metaphor: female characters and slavery language -- 3 Metaphor and masculinity: the "no longer slave" formulations (John 15:15 and Gal 4:7) -- 4 The paradox of slavery: all believers are slaves of the Lord, but some are more slaves than others -- 5 From slave of a female owner to slave of God: negotiating gender, sexuality, and status in The Shepherd of Hermas -- 6 Jesus, the slave trader: metaphor made real in The Acts of Thomas -- Conclusion -- Index

"The History of the 'Slave of Christ' : From Jewish Child to Christian Martyr offers the first critical editions and English translations of the two Syriac recensions of this fascinating text, which narrates the story of a young Jewish child, Asher, who after converting to Christianity and taking the name ʻAbda da-Miḥa ('slave of Christ') is martyred by his father Levi in a scene reminiscent of Abraham's offering of Isaac in Genesis 22. In a detailed introduction, the authors argue that the text is a fictional story composed during the early Islamic period (ca. 650-850) probably in Shigar (modern Sinjār). Building upon methodology from the study of Western Christian and Jewish texts, they further contend that the story's author constructs an imagined Jew based on the Hebrew Bible, thereby challenging the way that previous scholars have used this text as straightforward evidence for historical interactions between Jews and Christians in Babylonia at this time. This ultimately allows the authors to reevaluate the purpose of the text and to situate it in its Late Antique Babylonian context"--

Hintergrundbericht zu der Sklaven-Befreiungsaktion von Christian Solidarity International im Sudan: historische Wurzeln der Sklaverei im Sudan; die Entwickung seit 1983 (Wiederaufleben der Sklaverei); der Protest sudanesischer Menschenrechtsrechtsgruppen und die Haltung internationaler Akteure (UNICEF, UN-Menschenrechtskommission, USA). (DÜI-Hns)

Analyzes how negotiations between Dutch consuls and North African rulers over the liberation of Dutch sailors helped create a new diplomatic order in the western Mediterranean.