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  • From: Don Garlington <dgarlington AT ica.net>
  • To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: slave names in Rom 16
  • Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 17:48:01 -0500


Dear Jeffrey,

When I see Jimmy at SBL, I'll ask him. Should be interesting.

Don




"Jeffrey B. Gibson" wrote:

> Reading through Jimmy Dunn's article on Romans in the Dictionary of
> Paul and His Letters, I came across the claim that at least fourteen
> of the twenty four names in chp. 16 are names of slaves. Now, this may
> be a Paul 101 question, but I am puzzled how Dun knows this to be the
> case. How it it determined that a particular name is a slave name?
> What are the criteria for saying what name came from what strata of
> society?
>
> Yours,
>
> Jeffrey
>
> --
> Jeffrey B. Gibson
> 7423 N. Sheridan Road #2A
> Chicago, Illinois 60626
> e-mail jgibson000 AT ameritech.net
>





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