Constructing Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter: Who You Are No Longer

Cover\nContents\nAcknowledgments\nAbbreviations\n1 Introduction: What Do Ethnicity and Identity Have to Do with 1 Peter?\nDefining the Terms\nEthnic-Religious Composition\nConclusion\n2 Defining and Defying Ethnicity in the Ancient World\nIntroduction\nFraming the Study of Greek Ethnic Identity\nThe Emergence of Panhellenism and the Concept of the Barbarian\nImagining Persia and Constructing Greekness\nThe Proof Is in the Stock: Defining Greek Ethnicity\nGreek Ethnicity under Roman Rule\nRome’s Civilizing Mission\nRemaining Greek while Becoming Roman\nConclusion\n3 Common Blood: Establishing a New Patrilineage through the Blood of Christ\nIntroduction\nEstablishing God as Father\n“As Obedient Children”\nConnecting New Birth with Christ’s Ransoming Blood\nEmploying the Logic of Patrilineal Descent\nNot Sons, but Children of God\nAppropriating Israel’s Identity-Defining Designations for a Dislocated People\nElected Group Identity\nConclusion\n4 Constructing Boundaries and Contesting Stigma in the Making of Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter\nIntroduction\nBarth on Ethnic Boundaries\nConstructing Social Boundaries in 1 Peter\nDisidentifying from “The Futile Conduct Inherited from Your Ancestors”\nConstrained Christian Identity\nConstruing the Gentile “Other”\nGoffman on Stigma\nContesting and Subverting Christian Stigma in 1 Peter\n“Faith Information Control”\nStigma Reversal\nHonorary Ethnics\nConclusion\n5 Conclusion: Reinforcing Christian Distinctiveness through Bonds of Blood\nFurther Implications of This Study\nAsian American Studies\nCanonical Studies\nBibliography\nScripture Index\nSubject Index