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Philippians and Philemon: Prison Epistles, Part 2

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of Philippians (Philippians 1–4)
    22 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Philippians: Suffering and Community (Philippians Review)
    22 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    Overview of Philemon
    22 Activities
  4. Lesson Four
    Paul and Slavery (Philemon, Romans 6 Review)
    17 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Social Impact
    9 Activities
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    4 Assessments
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Grab your Workbook Journal!

[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

  1. In general, the conditions of slavery in the Old Testament were very different from what we in our modern Western context—on the other side of the horrific institution of state-sanctioned modern slavery—probably have in mind. Based on what you know of Old Testament slavery, in your workbook write either “yes” or “no” in the right column for each practice allowed for slaves. 
Old TestamentYes or no?
Holiday
Enough food
Legal redress
Sexual protection
Kidnapped
Chains
Torture
Physical abuse
  1. Now in your workbook write “yes” or “no” for practices used with slaves in Roman Empire.
Roman SlaveryYes or no?
Holiday
Enough food
Legal redress
Sexual protection
Kidnapped
Chains
Torture
Physical abuse
  1. Now in your workbook write in “yes” or “no” for practices used with slaves in Seventeenth-Eighteenth century North American slavery.
Seventeenth-Eighteenth Century SlaveryYes or no?
Holiday
Enough food
Legal redress
Sexual protection
Kidnapped
Chains
Torture
Physical abuse
Completed Side-by-Side Table for Comparison

If we compare the three types of slavery side by side they look something like this. As you can see, the slavery of the Old Testament has little in common with slavery in these other contexts in key ways.