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The paidagogue was a male slave used as child-minder. His role was temporary, and the Apostle Paul used it to emphasise the temporary role of the Mosaic Law in separating Jews from Gentiles.
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This is the most comprehensive examination of the paidagogue's role.
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This page is a summary of: Paidagogos: The Social Setting of a Pauline Metaphor, Novum Testamentum, April 1987, JSTOR,
DOI: 10.2307/1560794.
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