Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Ethics of Biblical Scholarship by Hector Avalos

Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Ethics of Biblical Scholarship

Hector Avalos

346 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In this immensely wide-ranging and fascinating study, Avalos critiques the common claim that the abolition of slavery was due in large part to the influence of biblical ethics. Such a claim, he argues, is characteristic of a broader phenomenon in ...

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