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Outsider Designations and Boundary Construction in the New Testament: Early Christian Communities and the Formation of Group Identity

By Paul Raymond Trebilco

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
1108418791, 9781108418799
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2134295 bytes)
Pages
366\366
Topic
Religion
Time added
2018-05-20 23:36:59
New Testament;Bible Study;Bible Study & Reference;Practices & Sacred Texts;Religious Art;Religious S

Description

What terms did early Christians use for outsiders? How did they refer to non-members? In this book-length investigation of these questions, Paul Trebilco explores the outsider designations that the early Christians used in the New Testament. He examines a range of terms, including unbelievers, 'outsiders', sinners, Gentiles, Jews, among others. Drawing on insights from social identity theory, sociolinguistics, and the sociology of deviance, he investigates the usage and development of these terms across the New Testament, and also examines how these outsider designations function in boundary construction across several texts. Trebilco's analysis leads to new conclusions about the identity and character of the early Christian movement, the range of relations between early Christians and outsiders, and the theology of particular New Testament authors.

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