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Ethnic Identity in Greek Antiquity

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The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity 4. Ethnicity and genealogy: an Argolic case-study as discussed by the authors.
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1. Phrasing the problem 2. The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity 4. Ethnography and genealogy: an Argolic case-study 5. Ethnicity and archaeology 6. Ethnicity and linguistics 7. Conclusion.

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Ethnicity, Ethnocentrism, and the Matthean Ethnos:

TL;DR: The authors survey and comment on important studies on ethnicity in Matthew by David Sim and John Riches, and explore the model linguistically and conceptually with literature from antiquity, and show how modern ethnicity studies can offer insights into ethnicity and in particular how priestly voluntary associations called ethnē might help to interpret the special fruit-bearing ethnos of Matthew 21:43 in terms of an alternative leadership to the priests of Jerusalem.

Neighborhood Networks: Social and Spatial Organization of Domestic Architecture in Greco-Roman Karanis, Egypt

TL;DR: Simpson et al. as mentioned in this paper used space syntax theory to evaluate how architectural spaces reflect networks of social interaction at the level of household, neighborhood, and settlement, and found that houses were often accessed by individuals outside the immediate household group: extended family, friends, visitors, guests, business associates, and any other individuals who may have had cause to enter the house and interact with the inhabitants and their domestic spaces.

A Quest For Human Rights And Civil Rights: Archbishop Iakovos And The Greek Orthodox Church

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

TL;DR: In this paper, Trebilco explores the outsider designations that the early Christians used in the New Testament, including unbelievers, "outsiders", sinners, Gentiles, Jews, among others.
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A History of the Jewish War: AD 66–74

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Outline of a Theory of Practice

TL;DR: Bourdieu as mentioned in this paper develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be understood.
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The Interpretation of Cultures

TL;DR: The INTERPRETATION OF CULTURES CLIFFORD GEERTZ Books files are available at the online library of the University of Southern California as mentioned in this paper, where they can be used to find any kind of Books for reading.
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Outline of a Theory of Practice.

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The Archaeology of Ethnicity: Constructing Identities in the Past and Present

Siân Jones
TL;DR: Sian Jones as mentioned in this paper argues for a fundamentally different view of ethnicity, as a complex dynamic form of identification, requiring radical changes in archaeological analysis and interpretation, and presents a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences.