ABSTRACT
This chapter examines slave children of both genders in early Christian texts. It focuses on children and childhood, and confrontes with the same challenges of sources and methodology. It discusses children in the Jesus traditions of the first century, primarily focusing on a few New Testament (NT) texts. It presents work that has already been done on children and childhood in the NT. The chapter investigates what themes and issues are highlighted, and search for information on slavery and gender. Then, it proposes the usefulness of intersectionality as a methodological approach to how we can study children and take seriously the aspects of gender and social status. Finally, it discusses three different sets of texts in the NT: a parable in a gospel; two letters by the apostle Paul; and a household code in a letter that is in Paul's name. The chapter identifies some concrete cases in which the role of slave children must be taken into consideration.
