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Outsider Designations and Boundary Construction in the New Testament
Early Christian Communities and the Formation of Group Identity
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Outsider Designations and Boundary Construction in the New Testament
Early Christian Communities and the Formation of Group Identity
About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- Preface
- 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: οἱ ἄπιστοι and Other Terms
- 5 ‘The Outsiders’: οἱ ἔξω, οἱ ἔξωθεν and ἰδιῶται
- 6 The Sinners: οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί
- 7 The Gentiles: τὰ ἔθνη
- 8 The Jews: Ἰουδαῖοι
- 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
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Index of Texts