Jesus the Samaritan

Ethnic Labeling in the Gospel of John
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-39069-0
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 170, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

In Jesus the Samaritan: Ethnic Labeling in the Gospel of John, Stewart Penwell examines how ethnic labels function in the Gospel of John. After a review of the discourse history between “the Jews” and “the Samaritans,” the dual ethnic labeling in John 4:9 and 8:48 are examined and, in each instance, members from “the Jews” and “the Samaritans” label Jesus as a member of each other’s group for deviating from what were deemed acceptable practices as a member of “the Jews.” The intra-textual links between John 4 and 8 reveal that the function of Jesus’s dual ethnic labeling is to establish a new pattern of practices and categories for the “children of God” (1:12; 11:52) who are a trans-ethnic group united in fictive kinship and embedded within the Judean ethnic group’s culture and traditions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Penwell, Stewart

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Stewart Penwell, Ph.D. (2017), the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible at St. Mary’s University (Twickenham, U.K.). He completed his S.T.M. at Drew Theological School (2010) as well as two M.A.s (Old Testament and New Testament) at Cincinnati Christian University (2008).