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Why This New Genos? Christian Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2022

Katie Marcar
Affiliation:
University of Otago, New Zealand
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Beginning with a quote from Diognetus, this study asks why Christians came to be described as a γένος. This book argues that 1 Peter provides original, provocative answers to Diognetus’ questions. This book argues that the description of believers’ ethnic identity in 2:9-10 is founded on the complex metaphor of divine regeneration and its familial entailments. Just as physical ethnic identities are established primarily by birth into a particular group, the Petrine author ascribes to believers a divine regeneration that ushers them into a new ethnic community. However, ethnic membership is not a matter of birth alone: it is a social construct that must be taught, negotiated, maintained, and defended. It process of socialization stretches from infancy to childhood and finally adulthood. This introduction then surveys previous scholarship on divine regeneration in 1 Peter and establishes the need for a new look at divine regeneration in 1 Peter.

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Divine Regeneration and Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter
Mapping Metaphors of Family, Race, and Nation
, pp. 1 - 6
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Introduction
  • Katie Marcar, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Book: Divine Regeneration and Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter
  • Online publication: 01 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888844.001
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  • Introduction
  • Katie Marcar, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Book: Divine Regeneration and Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter
  • Online publication: 01 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888844.001
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  • Introduction
  • Katie Marcar, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Book: Divine Regeneration and Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter
  • Online publication: 01 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888844.001
Available formats
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