Paul Raymond Trebilco (New Zealand University of Otago)

Outsider Designations and Boundary Construction in the New Testament

Early Christian Communities and the Formation of Group Identity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The early Christians used a range of designations for outsiders including unbelievers, 'outsiders', sinners, Gentiles, Jews, among many other terms. Investigation of the usage, function and development of these key terms leads to insights about the identity, self-understanding and character of the early Christian movement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9781108408141
• ISBN-10: 1108408141
• Artikelnr.: 62600738

Autorenporträt

Paul Trebilco is Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Otago. He is the author of five books on topics in New Testament and Early Christian studies, most recently Self-Designations and Group Identity in the New Testament (Cambridge, 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. Methodology: insights and perspectives from other areas of study; 3. The broad concept of 'the outsiders' and its lexicalisation using a range of different terms; 4. Unbelievers: ï
ðéóôïé and other terms; 5. 'The outsiders': ï
îù, ï
îùèåí and
äé
ôáé; 6. The sinners: ï
ìáñôùëï
; 7. The Gentiles: ô
èíç; 8. The Jews: ï
ïõäá
ïé; 9. The functions of outsider designations in 1 Corinthians, Romans and 1 Thessalonians; 10. The functions of outsider designations in the Pastoral Epistles and 1 Peter; 11. Conclusions.