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Pauline- and Gospel-centred readings have too long provided the
normative understanding of Christian identity. The chapters in this
volume features evidence from other, less-frequently studied texts,
so as to broaden perspectives on early Christian identity. Each
chapter in the collection focuses on one or more of the later New
Testament epistles and answers one of the following questions: what
did/do these texts uniquely contribute to Christian identity? How
does the author frame or shape identity? What are the potential
results of the identities constructed in these texts for early
Christian communities? What are the influences of these texts on
later Christian identity? Together these chapters contribute fresh
insights through innovative research, furthering the discussion on
the theological and historical importance of these texts within the
canon. The distinguished list of contributors includes: Richard
Bauckham, David G. Horrell, Francis Watson, and Robert W. Wall.
This book is open access and available on
www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched.
Religion, ethnicity and race are facets of human identity that have
become increasingly contested in the study of the Bible - largely
due to the modern discipline of biblical studies having developed
in the context of Western Europe, concurrent with the emergence of
various racial and imperial ideologies. The essays in this volume
address Western domination by focusing on historical facets of
ethnicity and race in antiquity, the identities of Jews and
Christians, and the critique of scholarly ideologies and racial
assumptions which have shaped this branch of study. The
contributors critique various Western European and North American
contexts, and bring fresh perspectives from other global contexts,
providing insights into how biblical studies can escape its
enmeshment in often racist notions of ethnicity, race, empire,
nationhood and religion. Covering issues ranging from translation
and racial stereotyping to analysing the significance of race in
Genesis and the problems of an imperialist perspective, this volume
is vital not only for biblical scholars but those invested in
Christian, Jewish and Muslim identity.
Pauline- and Gospel-centred readings have too long provided the
normative understanding of Christian identity. The chapters in this
volume features evidence from other, less-frequently studied texts,
so as to broaden perspectives on early Christian identity. Each
chapter in the collection focuses on one or more of the later New
Testament epistles and answers one of the following questions: what
did/do these texts uniquely contribute to Christian identity? How
does the author frame or shape identity? What are the potential
results of the identities constructed in these texts for early
Christian communities? What are the influences of these texts on
later Christian identity? Together these chapters contribute fresh
insights through innovative research, furthering the discussion on
the theological and historical importance of these texts within the
canon. The distinguished list of contributors includes: Richard
Bauckham, David G. Horrell, Francis Watson, and Robert W. Wall.
This book is open access and available on
www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched.
Religion, ethnicity and race are facets of human identity that have
become increasingly contested in the study of the Bible - largely
due to the modern discipline of biblical studies having developed
in the context of Western Europe, concurrent with the emergence of
various racial and imperial ideologies. The essays in this volume
address Western domination by focusing on historical facets of
ethnicity and race in antiquity, the identities of Jews and
Christians, and the critique of scholarly ideologies and racial
assumptions which have shaped this branch of study. The
contributors critique various Western European and North American
contexts, and bring fresh perspectives from other global contexts,
providing insights into how biblical studies can escape its
enmeshment in often racist notions of ethnicity, race, empire,
nationhood and religion. Covering issues ranging from translation
and racial stereotyping to analysing the significance of race in
Genesis and the problems of an imperialist perspective, this volume
is vital not only for biblical scholars but those invested in
Christian, Jewish and Muslim identity.
In this book, Katherine M. Hockey explores the function of emotions
in the New Testament by examining the role of emotions in 1 Peter.
Moving beyond outdated, modern rationalistic views of emotions as
irrational, bodily feelings, she presents a theoretically and
historically informed cognitive approach to emotions in the New
Testament. Informed by Greco-Roman philosophical and rhetorical
views of emotions along with modern emotion theory, she shows how
the author of 1 Peter uses the logic of each emotion to value and
position objects within the audience's worldview, including the
self and the other. She also demonstrates how, cumulatively, the
emotions of joy, distress, fear, hope, and shame are deployed to
build an alternative view of reality. This new view of reality aims
to shape the believers' understanding of the structure of their
world, encourages a reassessment of their personal goals, and
ultimately seeks to affect their identity and behaviour.
In this book, Katherine M. Hockey explores the function of emotions
in the New Testament by examining the role of emotions in 1 Peter.
Moving beyond outdated, modern rationalistic views of emotions as
irrational, bodily feelings, she presents a theoretically and
historically informed cognitive approach to emotions in the New
Testament. Informed by Greco-Roman philosophical and rhetorical
views of emotions along with modern emotion theory, she shows how
the author of 1 Peter uses the logic of each emotion to value and
position objects within the audience's worldview, including the
self and the other. She also demonstrates how, cumulatively, the
emotions of joy, distress, fear, hope, and shame are deployed to
build an alternative view of reality. This new view of reality aims
to shape the believers' understanding of the structure of their
world, encourages a reassessment of their personal goals, and
ultimately seeks to affect their identity and behaviour.
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