Jesus the Samaritan : Ethnic Labeling in the Gospel of John.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Key Methodological Terms in the Study -- Chapter 1 Surveying Jesus's Ethnic Incarnation -- Introduction -- 1 Jesus the Jew -- 2 Jesus the Samaritan -- 3 Conclusion: Jesus's Ethnic Incarnation -- Chapter 2 Ethnicity and Labeling -- 1 Delineation of Terms: "Ethnic" and ἔθνος -- 2 Theories of Ethnicity -- 2.1 Ethnicity and Ethnic Group Defined -- 2.2 Current Competing Ethnicity Theories -- 2.3 "Dear Symbols" of Ethnic Identity -- 3 Socialization: Establishing Social Norms -- 3.1 Destabilizing Roles/Categories: the Stranger and the Heretic -- 4 Labeling: Types and Functions -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Naming Narratives -- Introduction -- 1 The Judeans' Narratives: the Label "Judean" in the Texts of the Hebrew Bible -- 1.1 The Judean Label for "Samaritans" in the Texts of the Hebrew Bible -- 2 The Samaritan's Narrative: the Label "Israelite" for Self- or Group Identification -- 2.1 Delos Inscriptions -- 2.2 The Samaritan Pentateuch and Mount Gerizim as Identity Indicator -- 2.3 Who Are These "Samaritans" You Speak of?: Etymology of a Name -- 2.4 The Samaritan Labels for the "Judeans": the Categorization of Judeans -- 3 Labeling the Samaritans in Josephus -- 3.1 Josephus's Three Samaritan Origin Stories -- 4 Labeling the Samaritans in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts -- 4.1 Gospel of Matthew -- 4.2 Luke-Acts -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Labeling an Ethnic Jesus -- Introduction -- 1 The Father, the Son, and the Children of God -- 1.1 Jesus and the Gathering of "His Own" -- 1.2 Broadening Horizons -- 1.3 Children of God -- 2 Jesus "the Jew" -- 2.1 Setting the Scene: Jacob's Well -- 2.2 Setting the Labeling Context: if You Only Knew -- 2.3 How Jesus the "Jew" Asks for a Drink -- 2.4 Labeling Jesus a "Jew" -- 3 Jesus the Samaritan.

3.1 Setting the Scene: Jesus in the Jerusalem Temple -- 3.2 Setting the Labeling Context: You Are Your Father's Children -- 3.3 True Disciples -- 3.5 Labeling Jesus a "Samaritan" -- 4 Intra-textual Labeling of an Ethnic Jesus -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Ethnic Assessments in the Gospel of John -- Introduction -- 1 Who Are "the Jews" in the Gospel of John? A Retrospective -- 1.1 "The Jews" as Judeans -- 1.2 "The Jews" as the Enemies of Jesus -- 1.3 "The Jews" as the Religious Authorities -- 1.4 The Gospel of John's Jewish Occurrences -- 2 "Misrecognizing" Jesus in the World -- 3 Ethnic Assessments in the Gospel of John -- 3.1 First Occurrence of "the Jews"-Ethnic Assessments of John the Baptist -- 3.2 First Occurrence of Belief-the Disciples' Ethnic Assessments of Jesus -- 3.3 "The Jews" as Judeans in Galilee -- 3.4 "The Jews" as the Religious Authorities-Fear and Division of "the Jews" -- 3.5 "The Jews" as the Enemies of Jesus-Jesus and the Bultmannian Jews -- 3.6 Every Jewish Occurrence -- 4 Implications of John's Employment of the Ethnic Label "Jew(s)" -- 5 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Subjects.

In Jesus the Samaritan: Ethnic Labelling in the Gospel of John, Stewart Penwell examines how the ethnic labels "the Jews" and "Samaritans" function in the Gospel of John.

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