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'All of You are One' The Social Vision of Gal 3.28, 1 Cor 12.13 and Col 3.11

Hansen Bruce
Heftet / 2019 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780567689313
Publisert
2019-06-27
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
363 gr
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234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter
Hansen Bruce

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Rev. Bruce Hansen, PhD (University of St. Andrews) is an ordained minister at San Francisco Christian Center and has been a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the San Francisco Bay area for twenty-three years.

'All of You are One' The Social Vision of Gal 3.28, 1 Cor 12.13 and Col 3.11

Hansen Bruce
Heftet / 2019 / Engelsk
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This is a nicely put together, well-argued book... a valuable contribution to discussion of each of these three letters and of the structure of [Pau's] theology overall.

- Journal for the Study of The New Testament, Volume 33 Number 5,

... this is an indispensable beginning point for all future studies of eschatology in 1 Thessalonians and in Paul's theology more generally.

- Religious Studies Review,

"Perhaps the most prominent refrain the Pauline corpus, says Hansen is the affirmation that unity in Christ overcomes the social division of Jew versus Greek, slave versus free, and other dichotomies. An ordained minister in San Francisco, he explores the background of the idea, its intended purpose for original readers, and its significance to believers today. Among his topics are reading Paul ethnically, the household of faith, the body of Christ, the new humanity, and unity as ethnic solidarity." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.

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"Based on a doctoral dissertation presented to the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, this investigation of the Pauline formulaic affirmations that unity in Christ overcomes social divisions (Gal 3:28; 1 Cor 12:13; Col 3:11) argues that these texts support Paul's construal of the believers as a new ethnic group patterned on the identity of Israel as reenvisioned through Christ.  After a 31-page introduction, it clarifies ethnic theory and rhetoric as a means of enabling readers to recognize better Paul's discursive strategy.  Then it examines the three key texts: Gal 3:28 and the household of faith, 1 Cor 12:13 and the body of Christ, and Col 3:11 and the new humanity.  Hansen concludes that for Paul the unity formula finds its bearings in reference to the story of God fashioning a new people on the basis of the stories of Israel and of Christ." -New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 54

'By applying the conceptual apparatus of 'ethnic theory' to the Pauline letters, he suggests that Paul attempts to supply his churches with a fictive kinship myth that renders them a new ethnos, drawn from Jews as well as Gentiles, rather than either group being subsumed to the other. In this way, Paul fashions for his churches a 'diaspora identity' (for which Hansen follows D Boyrain), but one that, rather than obliterating social differences between individuals, seeks to create a space that prevents any one pre-existing identity marker (such as circumcision) serving as a normative for all (pace Boyarin). This identity functions within a broadly bounded set of boundary-marking 'indices' that concern avoidance of idoltary and sexual immorality, and adherence to communal solidarity and Christ-like sacrificial love. There is much of value in this careful investigation.' David Lincicum, Mansfield College, Oxford 

- David Lincicum, Theological Book Review

Hansen argues against prevalent views that the unity formula employed in Gal 3.28, 1 Cor 12.13 and Col 3.11 reflects either a Hellenistic anthropology of ideal androgyny or a modern liberal conception of social equality.


Rather, Hansen contends, attention to function and context demonstrates each epistle's vision of social unity. Insights from ethnic theory elucidate how epistles characterize this unity in terms of a new social identity, and the practices warranted by that identity. Furthermore, Hansen claims that because identity construction is continual, dynamic and discursive, alternate identities (e.g. ethnic, gender, religious, economic) within the new Christian communities, may be seen as influencing one another and may be termed as the collective Christian identity.


Hansen employs theories from Ethnic study as tools for assessing how such overlapping identities persist and interact with one another. His analysis thereby demonstrates that the social unity promoted by this formula opposes cultural dominance by any particular group and, conversely reinforces the persistence of marginal social identities within new communities. The issue is then not one of gender equality, but of the equality that Paul wishes to develop between competing social groups.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
I. The Formula
a. Formal Observations
II. Previous Interpretive Approaches
a. Hellenistic Philosophy
b. Gnosticism
c. Paul's Response to Judaism
III. Ethnic Unity and Paul
a. Social Unity in Paul's Churches
IV. Summary
CHAPTER TWO: READING PAUL ETHNICALLY
I. Defining Ethnicity
a. The Need for Clarity
II. Genealogy and Autochthony
a. Genealogy and Autochthony in Paul
III. Indices of the Genealogical Criteria
a. Consubstantiality: Commensality, Connubiality and Common Cult
IV. Ethnic Discourse
a. An Example from Hellenistic Judaism
V. Acculturation, Assimilation and Ethnogenesis
VI. Summary
CHAPTER THREE: GALATIANS 3.28 AND THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH
I. Introduction: Galatians 3.28 in Epistolary Context
II. Disunity in Jerusalem and Antioch: Galatians 2.1-14
III. Paul's Speech: Galatians 2.14c-21
IV. Urging Unity: Galatians 5-6
V. Social Identity in Apocalyptic Perspective
VI. Galatians 3-4: Identity and Unity in Christ
a. Centrality of 3.28 to Galatians 3-4
b. The Singular Identity of All in Christ
1. Heirs of Faithful Abraham
2. The Cross versus the Law
VII. Ethnic Identity
VIII. Summary
CHAPTER FOUR: 1 CORINTHIANS 12.13 AND THE BODY OF CHRIST
I. Introduction
a. 1 Corinthians in Socio-Historical Context
b. Unity as Ethnic Identity in the Letter Opening
II. Ethnicity among Images for Unity
a. h9 e0kklhsi/a
b. Israel
c. Building
d. The Body of Christ
1. The Body and Sexual Union
2. The Body and Common Cult
3. ‘Body' in 1 Corinthians 12 and 15
e. Family and Household
f. Summary: Ethnicity and Paul's Images for Unity
III. Ethnic Identity and the Unity Formula in Paul's Parenesis: 1 Corinthians 5-14
a. 1 Corinthians 5-7 1. 1 Corinthians 5.1-13 2. 1 Corinthians 6.1-11 3. 1 Corinthians 6.12-20 4. 1 Corinthians 7
b. 1 Corinthians 8.1-11.1: Divisions over Idol Meat
c. 1 Corinthians 11.2-14.40: Divisions in Worship
1. Divisions Arising from Social Status Conflicts
2. Ethnic Concord and the Body of Christ
IV. Summary CHAPTER FIVE: COLOSSIANS 3.11 AND THE NEW HUMANITY
I. Introduction
II. Social Identity and Solidarity in Colossians 1.1-2.23
a. Colossians 1.1-23: Prayer and Thanksgiving
1. Traditional Material in 1.13-20
b. Paul's Exemplum: 1.24-2.7
c. The Polemical Core: 2.8-23
1. Apocalyptic Disruption
2. The Body of Christ
III. Seeking Unity in Christ: 3.1-4.6
IV. Unity as Ethnic Solidarity
a. Ethnic Criterion of Genealogy
b. Confirming Indices of Ethnicity
1. Boundaries
2. Kinship Norms
3. Household
V. Summary
CHAPTER SIX: CONCLUSIONS
I. The Aims and Methodology of this Study
II. Conclusions of this Study
a. Galatians 3.28 in Epistolary Context
b. 1 Corinthians 12.13 in Epistolary Context
c. Colossians 3.11 in Epistolary Context
d. Synthesis
WORKS CITED
Ancient Texts
Secondary Sources

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Hansen argues that unity formula employed in Gal 3.28, 1 Cor 12.13 and Col 3.11 offers equality between competing social groups.
Highlights social diversity, unity and reconciliation in Pauline ecclesiology.
Formerly the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement, a book series that explores the many aspects of New Testament study including historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural and contextual approaches. The Early Christianity in Context series, a part of JSNTS, examines the birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and economic context. The European Seminar on Christian Origins and Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement are also part of JSNTS.
Les mer

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This is a nicely put together, well-argued book... a valuable contribution to discussion of each of these three letters and of the structure of [Pau's] theology overall.

- Journal for the Study of The New Testament, Volume 33 Number 5,

... this is an indispensable beginning point for all future studies of eschatology in 1 Thessalonians and in Paul's theology more generally.

- Religious Studies Review,

"Perhaps the most prominent refrain the Pauline corpus, says Hansen is the affirmation that unity in Christ overcomes the social division of Jew versus Greek, slave versus free, and other dichotomies. An ordained minister in San Francisco, he explores the background of the idea, its intended purpose for original readers, and its significance to believers today. Among his topics are reading Paul ethnically, the household of faith, the body of Christ, the new humanity, and unity as ethnic solidarity." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.

Se alle

"Based on a doctoral dissertation presented to the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, this investigation of the Pauline formulaic affirmations that unity in Christ overcomes social divisions (Gal 3:28; 1 Cor 12:13; Col 3:11) argues that these texts support Paul's construal of the believers as a new ethnic group patterned on the identity of Israel as reenvisioned through Christ.  After a 31-page introduction, it clarifies ethnic theory and rhetoric as a means of enabling readers to recognize better Paul's discursive strategy.  Then it examines the three key texts: Gal 3:28 and the household of faith, 1 Cor 12:13 and the body of Christ, and Col 3:11 and the new humanity.  Hansen concludes that for Paul the unity formula finds its bearings in reference to the story of God fashioning a new people on the basis of the stories of Israel and of Christ." -New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 54

'By applying the conceptual apparatus of 'ethnic theory' to the Pauline letters, he suggests that Paul attempts to supply his churches with a fictive kinship myth that renders them a new ethnos, drawn from Jews as well as Gentiles, rather than either group being subsumed to the other. In this way, Paul fashions for his churches a 'diaspora identity' (for which Hansen follows D Boyrain), but one that, rather than obliterating social differences between individuals, seeks to create a space that prevents any one pre-existing identity marker (such as circumcision) serving as a normative for all (pace Boyarin). This identity functions within a broadly bounded set of boundary-marking 'indices' that concern avoidance of idoltary and sexual immorality, and adherence to communal solidarity and Christ-like sacrificial love. There is much of value in this careful investigation.' David Lincicum, Mansfield College, Oxford 

- David Lincicum, Theological Book Review

Hansen argues against prevalent views that the unity formula employed in Gal 3.28, 1 Cor 12.13 and Col 3.11 reflects either a Hellenistic anthropology of ideal androgyny or a modern liberal conception of social equality.


Rather, Hansen contends, attention to function and context demonstrates each epistle's vision of social unity. Insights from ethnic theory elucidate how epistles characterize this unity in terms of a new social identity, and the practices warranted by that identity. Furthermore, Hansen claims that because identity construction is continual, dynamic and discursive, alternate identities (e.g. ethnic, gender, religious, economic) within the new Christian communities, may be seen as influencing one another and may be termed as the collective Christian identity.


Hansen employs theories from Ethnic study as tools for assessing how such overlapping identities persist and interact with one another. His analysis thereby demonstrates that the social unity promoted by this formula opposes cultural dominance by any particular group and, conversely reinforces the persistence of marginal social identities within new communities. The issue is then not one of gender equality, but of the equality that Paul wishes to develop between competing social groups.
Les mer

CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
I. The Formula
a. Formal Observations
II. Previous Interpretive Approaches
a. Hellenistic Philosophy
b. Gnosticism
c. Paul's Response to Judaism
III. Ethnic Unity and Paul
a. Social Unity in Paul's Churches
IV. Summary
CHAPTER TWO: READING PAUL ETHNICALLY
I. Defining Ethnicity
a. The Need for Clarity
II. Genealogy and Autochthony
a. Genealogy and Autochthony in Paul
III. Indices of the Genealogical Criteria
a. Consubstantiality: Commensality, Connubiality and Common Cult
IV. Ethnic Discourse
a. An Example from Hellenistic Judaism
V. Acculturation, Assimilation and Ethnogenesis
VI. Summary
CHAPTER THREE: GALATIANS 3.28 AND THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH
I. Introduction: Galatians 3.28 in Epistolary Context
II. Disunity in Jerusalem and Antioch: Galatians 2.1-14
III. Paul's Speech: Galatians 2.14c-21
IV. Urging Unity: Galatians 5-6
V. Social Identity in Apocalyptic Perspective
VI. Galatians 3-4: Identity and Unity in Christ
a. Centrality of 3.28 to Galatians 3-4
b. The Singular Identity of All in Christ
1. Heirs of Faithful Abraham
2. The Cross versus the Law
VII. Ethnic Identity
VIII. Summary
CHAPTER FOUR: 1 CORINTHIANS 12.13 AND THE BODY OF CHRIST
I. Introduction
a. 1 Corinthians in Socio-Historical Context
b. Unity as Ethnic Identity in the Letter Opening
II. Ethnicity among Images for Unity
a. h9 e0kklhsi/a
b. Israel
c. Building
d. The Body of Christ
1. The Body and Sexual Union
2. The Body and Common Cult
3. ‘Body' in 1 Corinthians 12 and 15
e. Family and Household
f. Summary: Ethnicity and Paul's Images for Unity
III. Ethnic Identity and the Unity Formula in Paul's Parenesis: 1 Corinthians 5-14
a. 1 Corinthians 5-7 1. 1 Corinthians 5.1-13 2. 1 Corinthians 6.1-11 3. 1 Corinthians 6.12-20 4. 1 Corinthians 7
b. 1 Corinthians 8.1-11.1: Divisions over Idol Meat
c. 1 Corinthians 11.2-14.40: Divisions in Worship
1. Divisions Arising from Social Status Conflicts
2. Ethnic Concord and the Body of Christ
IV. Summary CHAPTER FIVE: COLOSSIANS 3.11 AND THE NEW HUMANITY
I. Introduction
II. Social Identity and Solidarity in Colossians 1.1-2.23
a. Colossians 1.1-23: Prayer and Thanksgiving
1. Traditional Material in 1.13-20
b. Paul's Exemplum: 1.24-2.7
c. The Polemical Core: 2.8-23
1. Apocalyptic Disruption
2. The Body of Christ
III. Seeking Unity in Christ: 3.1-4.6
IV. Unity as Ethnic Solidarity
a. Ethnic Criterion of Genealogy
b. Confirming Indices of Ethnicity
1. Boundaries
2. Kinship Norms
3. Household
V. Summary
CHAPTER SIX: CONCLUSIONS
I. The Aims and Methodology of this Study
II. Conclusions of this Study
a. Galatians 3.28 in Epistolary Context
b. 1 Corinthians 12.13 in Epistolary Context
c. Colossians 3.11 in Epistolary Context
d. Synthesis
WORKS CITED
Ancient Texts
Secondary Sources

Les mer
Hansen argues that unity formula employed in Gal 3.28, 1 Cor 12.13 and Col 3.11 offers equality between competing social groups.
Highlights social diversity, unity and reconciliation in Pauline ecclesiology.
Formerly the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement, a book series that explores the many aspects of New Testament study including historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural and contextual approaches. The Early Christianity in Context series, a part of JSNTS, examines the birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and economic context. The European Seminar on Christian Origins and Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement are also part of JSNTS.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780567689313
Publisert
2019-06-27
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
363 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter
Hansen Bruce

Biografisk notat

Rev. Bruce Hansen, PhD (University of St. Andrews) is an ordained minister at San Francisco Christian Center and has been a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the San Francisco Bay area for twenty-three years.

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