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This article offers a robust defense of the popular claim that the phrase "bodies and souls of men" in Revelation 18:13 entails a critique of the Roman slave trade.
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This article concludes that at least one strand of early Christianity objected to the dehumanization inherent in the slave trade. This article thus offers an important contribution to the ongoing debate concerning the early Christian view of slavery.
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This page is a summary of: Bodies and Souls: The Case for Reading Revelation 18.13 as a Critique of the Slave Trade, New Testament Studies, June 2018, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0028688518000103.
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