Jesus the Samaritan: Ethnic Labeling in the Gospel of John

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In Jesus the Samaritan: Ethnic Labelling in the Gospel of John, Stewart Penwell examines how the ethnic labels “the Jews” and “Samaritans” function in the Gospel of John. Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Key Methodological Terms in the Study Chapter 1 Surveying Jesus’s Ethnic Incarnation Introduction 1 Jesus the Jew 2 Jesus the Samaritan 3 Conclusion: Jesus’s Ethnic Incarnation Chapter 2 Ethnicity and Labeling 1 Delineation of Terms: “Ethnic” and ἔθνος 2 Theories of Ethnicity 2.1 Ethnicity and Ethnic Group Defined 2.2 Current Competing Ethnicity Theories 2.3 “Dear Symbols” of Ethnic Identity 3 Socialization: Establishing Social Norms 3.1 Destabilizing Roles/Categories: the Stranger and the Heretic 4 Labeling: Types and Functions 5 Conclusion Chapter 3 Naming Narratives Introduction 1 The Judeans’ Narratives: the Label “Judean” in the Texts of the Hebrew Bible 1.1 The Judean Label for “Samaritans” in the Texts of the Hebrew Bible 2 The Samaritan’s Narrative: the Label “Israelite” for Self- or Group Identification 2.1 Delos Inscriptions 2.2 The Samaritan Pentateuch and Mount Gerizim as Identity Indicator 2.3 Who Are These “Samaritans” You Speak of?: Etymology of a Name 2.4 The Samaritan Labels for the “Judeans”: the Categorization of Judeans 3 Labeling the Samaritans in Josephus 3.1 Josephus’s Three Samaritan Origin Stories 4 Labeling the Samaritans in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts 4.1 Gospel of Matthew 4.2 Luke-Acts 5 Conclusion Chapter 4 Labeling an Ethnic Jesus Introduction 1 The Father, the Son, and the Children of God 1.1 Jesus and the Gathering of “His Own” 1.2 Broadening Horizons 1.3 Children of God 2 Jesus “the Jew” 2.1 Setting the Scene: Jacob’s Well 2.2 Setting the Labeling Context: if You Only Knew 2.3 How Jesus the “Jew” Asks for a Drink 2.4 Labeling Jesus a “Jew” 3 Jesus the Samaritan 3.1 Setting the Scene: Jesus in the Jerusalem Temple 3.2 Setting the Labeling Context: You Are Your Father’s Children 3.3 True Disciples 3.5 Labeling Jesus a “Samaritan” 4 Intra-textual Labeling of an Ethnic Jesus 5 Conclusion Chapter 5 Ethnic Assessments in the Gospel of John Introduction 1 Who Are “the Jews” in the Gospel of John? A Retrospective 1.1 “The Jews” as Judeans 1.2 “The Jews” as the Enemies of Jesus 1.3 “The Jews” as the Religious Authorities 1.4 The Gospel of John’s Jewish Occurrences 2 “Misrecognizing” Jesus in the World 3 Ethnic Assessments in the Gospel of John 3.1 First Occurrence of “the Jews”—Ethnic Assessments of John the Baptist 3.2 First Occurrence of Belief—the Disciples’ Ethnic Assessments of Jesus 3.3 “The Jews” as Judeans in Galilee 3.4 “The Jews” as the Religious Authorities—Fear and Division of “the Jews” 3.5 “The Jews” as the Enemies of Jesus—Jesus and the Bultmannian Jews 3.6 Every Jewish Occurrence 4 Implications of John’s Employment of the Ethnic Label “Jew(s)” 5 Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Index of Modern Authors Index of Ancient Sources Index of Subjects