Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity by Katherine A. Shaner (review)

• Autores: Chris L. De Wet
• Localización: Journal of early Christian studies: Journal of the North American Patristic Society, ISSN 1067-6341, Nº. 4, 2019, págs. 673-675
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Shaner argues that the Persicus inscription, which attempts to regulate enslaved participation and influence in the Artemis cult, is evidence of three historical possibilities: first, that slaves were financially capable of purchasing infants at the markets and were savvy enough to dedicate the infants to Artemis in order to save costs on raising the child. [...]that slaves and free persons, in some cases, performed the same types of labor, and that elites were bothered by free persons engaging in servile labor. [...]this point is crucial in the whole argument of the book, it is possible that Persicus's mention of "unsuitable" persons purchasing priesthoods might be evidence that some slaves were purchasing such sacerdotal offices.