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Faithfulness and the Purpose of Hebrews - A Social Identity Approach (Paperback)
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Faithfulness and the Purpose of Hebrews - A Social Identity Approach (Paperback)
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'Faithfulness and the Purpose of Hebrews' offers fresh answers to
unresolved questions by employing that branch of social psychology
known as social identity theory. Who were the addressees? With the
categories of social identity theory, this study argues that the
addressees arranged the world into two groups: 'us' and 'them'.
They understood their group, the 'us', to be the 'faithful'. They
understood 'them' (a symbolic outgroup of 'all others') to be the
'unfaithful'. Faithfulness, then, is the primary identity
descriptor for the addressees and plays an essential role
throughout the text. How did the addressees understand the
faithfulness of Jesus? The author of Hebrews describes the
faithfulness of Jesus as 'prototypical'. The faithfulness of all
others is described in relation to Jesus' faith, and together they
are integrated into an ongoing narrative of devotion. What is the
meaning of the promised 'rest'? Utilizing a model of present
temporal orientation, the study interprets the dynamic relationship
between the 'antecedent' faithfulness of many witnesses and the
'forthcoming' promised rest of the addressees. The addressees of
Hebrews were encouraged to 'understand their futures by looking to
the past.' What is the purpose of the text? Social identity
theorists explain that groups with a negative social identity have
two broad options: social mobility or social change. The study
concludes that the author of Hebrews provides internal constraints
in order to prevent social mobility. Marohl uses social creativity
(an aspect of social change) to provide a positive social identity
for the addressees. 'Marohl's welcome study represents an
accomplished application of social identity theory to the text of
Hebrews. His methodological attentiveness is mature and
responsible, resulting in an articulate analysis that recognises
the faithfulness of Jesus to be the theological centre that informs
the socio-religious programme advocated by the author of Hebrews.'
- Bruce Longenecker, University of St. Andrews Matthew J. Marohl
teaches New Testament at Augustana College, Illinois and is the
author of 'Joseph's Dilemma: Honour Killing in the Birth Narrative
of Matthew'.
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