On Asking the Right Questions
Sean du Toit is asking the right questions in this brief post about the hermeneutical issues surrounding the New Testament household codes. He raises the point that these same codes that seem to speak so clearly about male hierarchy also assume the existence of slavery among Christians. The Colossians household code in fact devotes more ink to master-slave relations than it does husbands and wives.
Sean has asked a good question: “Is it valid to appropriate these codes into contemporary practice, and then blatantly ignore what they clearly say about slavery?”
Well, is it?
