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I’ve done a fair amount of research on this top­ic. This arti­cle nails the main points. Some­times dis­cus­sions on this top­ic remind me of the old obser­va­tion that the Amer­i­cans and the British are two peo­ple divid­ed by a com­mon lan­guage.

Keller and Car­son: Gre­co-Roman Slav­ery ≠ Race-Based Slav­ery

Many mod­ern read­ers assume that slav­ery in the New Tes­ta­ment is equiv­a­lent to the race-based slav­ery of the African slave trade. While not defend­ing the Gre­co-Roman insti­tu­tion of slav­ery, Tim Kell.…..