Title: Deserves consideration
Product review: Callahan provides a rigorous examination of the Epistle to Philemon, concluding that Philemon and Onesimus were not slaveholder/slave, but rather estranged blood brothers. Thus Paul's letter serves as a gentle attempt at reconciliation between relatives.Although some biblical scholars such as Douglas Moo and Marianne Thompson have discussed (briefly, in footnotes) some problems with Callahan's thesis, the idea that Onesimus was not Philemon's slave, or at least that Onesimus was not a runway, deserves more consideration than it has received.Some doctrinal questions are raised by this theory. First, how does the New Testament approach slavery, without relying on Philemon? Second, should spiritual leaders involve themselves in interpersonal disputes, and if they do, how should they go about it?
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