CiNii Books - Community-identity construction in Galatians : exegetical, social-anthropological and socio-historical studies

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- Asano, Atsuhiro

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Community-identity construction in Galatians : exegetical, social-anthropological and socio-historical studies

Atsuhiro Asano

（Journal for the study of the New Testament : supplement series, 285）

T & T Clark International, c2005

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-253) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The issue of community-identity construction in Galatians is considered using two methods: first, by applying anthropological theories to the mechanism and natures of community-identity and its construction, and second, by comparing the Galatian community with another minority religious community. Asano argues that Paul's effort at identity construction is partially conditioned by his self-awareness as an autonomous apostle and by the external pressures of the significant groups elsewhere. Paul's conflict, depicted in Galatians 2 and projected upon the Galatian situation, is understood as a conflict between the ethno-centred and the 'instrumental mode' of community constructions, the latter of which is free from the constraints of core ethnic sentiment. Galatians 4.21-31 is identified as a conceptual framework (or 'recreated worldview') for the community members to be assured of their authentic existence under marginalizing pressure. This recreated worldview is ritually acted out in baptism with the egalitarian motif (Gal 3.28) to help internalize the authentic identity. Finally, Paul's letter is suggested to have functioned as a physical locus of community-identity. Thus the autographic marker (Gal 6.11) directs the attention of the audience not only to the conceptual content but to the presence of the founding apostle that the letter replaces.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I: Community-Identity Construction In Theory And Practice: Theoretical Framework And Analogical Case
Chapter 1: Framework Of Identity Construction
Chapter 2: Kanzo Uchimura And His Mukyokai: Short Historical
Description And Examination Of The Community-Identity
Construction Of The Analogical Case, Part II: Context of Identity Construction In The Galatian
Community
Chapter 3: Paul As An Instrumental Mode Of Community-Identity
Constructor
Chapter 4: Jewish Ideas Of Gentile Incorporation In The Second
Temple Period
Chapter 5: Conflicts In Jerusalem And In Antioch As The Context Of
Identity Construction In The Galatian Community (Galatians 2: 1-14)
Part III: Patterns Of Identity Construction In The Galatian Community
Chapter 6: Recreation Of Worldview (Galatians 4:21-31): Remaking
The Tradition Of Abrahamic Inheritance
Chapter 7: Development And Function Of The Triple-Couplets In
Paul's Baptismal Liturgical Saying (Galatians 3:27-28)
Chapter 8: Communal Possession Of A Religious Writing: Paul's
Letter As A Locus Of Community-Identity
Conclusion

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