社会语言学通览 = The Handbook of sociolinguistics

The History of the Jewish People

Social Identity Theory (SIT) is a promising tool in New Testament studies for helping readers understand the dynamics and formation of group identity in the First Century. The specific contention of this dissertation is that the author of Luke-Acts seeks to create and shape identity among God-fearers in the New Christian Movement by means of “cultural memory” and prescribed group behavior. Luke has an inclusive agenda that involves decentralization of the Jewish establishment, while redefining a number of core symbols of Judaism (notably the Temple and the land) around Jesus. Luke’s robust sense of gospel - rooted in Israel’s history, while extending to all people – forms a crucial backdrop for investigating his ethnically universalist tendencies and his narrative methods of communication. Specifically, social identity is formed through the use of prototypes and exemplars, characters that resemble a quality that the group either desires to promote or eliminate. Luke communicates many of these facets through speeches, utilizing elements of firstcentury Greco-Roman rhetoric. My eclectic, yet integrated approach aims to do justice to under-recognized features of social identity formation in Luke’s two volume work, with a particular focus on volume two (Acts).

The hermeneutics of social identity in Luke-Acts

Since its appearance nearly 35 years ago, Black's New Testament Commentary Series has been hailed by both scholars and pastors for its insightful interpretations and reliable commentary. Each book in the series includes: an insightful introduction to the important historical, literary, and theological issues; key terms and phrases from the translation highlighted in the commentary where they are discussed; explanations of special Greek or foreign terms; references to important primary and secondary literature; and a Scripture index.Paul's letter to the Galatians may be the boldest exposition of the gospel and one of the best examples that Paul's theology first and foremost emerged within the framework of a living community. Dunn's sensitivity to the letter's larger flow of thought and his adept hand at guiding us through the sometimes murky waters of Paul's thought combine to make this commentary refreshingly accessible and eminently serviceable. With a penetrating but never pedantic analysis, Dunn opens Paul's letter to the troubled believers in Galatia with a skill that comes only with knowing the subject exceedingly well.

The Epistle to the Galatians

The Maeander Valley by Peter Thonemann

Preface List of abbreviations Introduction 1. Jewish communities of Asia Minor in literary sources 2. The Jewish communities at Sardis and Priene 3. The Jewish community at Acmonia 4. The Jewish community at Apamea 5. The prominence of women in Asia Minor 6. Theos Hypsistos and Sabazios - syncretism in Judaism in Asia Minor? 7. 'God-worshippers' in Asia Minor 8. Jewish community and Greek city in Asia Minor Conclusions Notes References Indices.

Jewish communities in Asia Minor

The capital city of the province of Asia in the first centuryCE, Ephesus played a key role in the development of early Christianity. In this book Paul Trebilco examines the early Christians from Paul to Ignatius, seen in the context of our knowledge of the city as a whole. Drawing on Paul's letters and the Acts of the Apostles, Trebilco looks at the foundations of the church, both before and during the Pauline mission. He shows that in the period from around 80 to 100CEthere were a number of different communities in Ephesus that regarded themselves as Christians -- the Pauline and Johannine groups, Nicolaitans, and others -- testifying to the diversity of that time and place. Including further discussions on the Ephesus addresses of the apostle John and Ignatius, this scholarly study of the early Ephesian Christians and their community is without peer."

The early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius

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.

Outsider Designations and Boundary Construction in the New Testament: Early Christian Communities and the Formation of Group Identity

What terms would early Christians have used to address one another? In the first book-length study on this topic, Paul Trebilco investigates the origin, use and function of seven key self-designations: 'brothers and sisters', 'believers', 'saints', 'the assembly', 'disciples', 'the Way', and 'Christian'. In doing so, he discovers what they reveal about the identity, self-understanding and character of the early Christian movement. This study sheds light on the theology of particular New Testament authors and on the relationship of early Christian authors and communities to the Old Testament and to the wider context of the Greco-Roman world. Trebilco's writing is informed by other work in the area of sociolinguistics on the development of self-designations and labels and provides a fascinating insight into this often neglected topic.

Self-designations and Group Identity in the New Testament

The title used for God in the account-6 Oc6~ 6 OWtcrcoq is a very significant one. The word Oytcrcoq is used of Yahweh in the Septuagint, the NT, in Jewish Pseudepigrapha and by other Jewish authors. However, it is also used in classical literature and inscriptions of pagan deities, most frequently of Zeus. I will examine this varied background and then ask what light is shed on Luke’s narrative when the range of usage of the title Ü’Vl<J&dquo;tOÇ is appreciated.

Paul Trebilco

Papers

Jewish communities in Asia Minor

The early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius

Outsider Designations and Boundary Construction in the New Testament: Early Christian Communities and the Formation of Group Identity

Self-designations and Group Identity in the New Testament

Paul and Silas— 'Servants of the Most High God' (Acts 16.16-18):