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Glancy's book is clear, forceful, and important; it belongs on the shelves of scholars and in classrooms, both graduate and undergraduate. Journal of Biblical Literature ... for providing a much more complex and morally troubling picture of the intersection of developing Christianity and the institution of slavery, this book is to be commended. Journal of Biblical Literature ... the book is well-written and provides a good introduction to ancient slavery in general and Christian attitudes toward slaves in particular. It may also attract the non-specialist reader interested in ancient society and Christian origins. Scripta Classica Israelica Glancy's book ranges widely across a large number of ancient Christian and other writings, but she writes clearly and always quotes in English. Therefore her work is readily accessible to a wide range of Christian readers interested in how we make moral decisions in a society whose norms, values and expectations may be far removed from our own ... she raises a number of important questions that have been overlooked by others. Church of England Newspaper

A wide-ranging and authoritative investigation of early Christian responses to slavery in antiquity. Glancy's research is characterised by thorough attention to the documentary and literary evidence and demonstrates a keen ability to challenge well-established positions. An essential addition to any research library with a focus on ancient history, early Christianity, or theology. --International Journal of the Classical Tradition Glancy has given us an energetic reappraisal of the issues, provocative in the best sense even when one does not agree with her conclusions. Engaging with scholarship from the recent past, she challenged me to rethink my conclusions and assumptions. -- Journal of Early Christian Studies a fresh and convincing monograph on slavery in early Christianity Her new approach will mandate a significant rewriting of how slaves and slaveholders were addressed in canonical and extra-canonical sources of the early Christian communities. Glancy has made a major and definitive contribution that scholars of early Christianity should not ignore. --Anglican Theological Review A wide-ranging and authoritative investigation of early Christian responses to slavery in antiquity. Glancy's research is characterised by thorough attention to the documentary and literary evidence and demonstrates a keen ability to challenge well-established positions. An essential addition to any research library with a focus on ancient history, early Christianity, or theology. --International Journal of the Classical Tradition Glancy has given us an energetic reappraisal of the issues, provocative in the best sense even when one does not agree with her conclusions. Engaging with scholarship from the recent past, she challenged me to rethink my conclusions and assumptions. -- Journal of Early Christian Studies a fresh and convincing monograph on slavery in early Christianity Her new approach will mandate a significant rewriting of how slaves and slaveholders were addressed in canonical and extra-canonical sources of the early Christian communities. Glancy has made a major and definitive contribution that scholars of early Christianity should not ignore. --Anglican Theological Review

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Jennifer A. Glancy is Georg Professor of Religious Studies at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y. She holds a Ph.D. in Religion from Columbia University. Her numerous articles cover topics including gender studies in the apocrypha and early Christian writings, the Bible and cultural studies, and slavery in Hellenistic Judaism and the New Testament. She is a co-author of Introduction to the Study of Religion. She currently chairs the Bible and Cultural Studies section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

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