Jesus the Samaritan: Ethnic Labeling in the Gospel of John (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004390690)

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.

Author: Stewart Penwell
ISBN-10: 9004390693
ISBN-13: 9789004390690
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2019
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.70d