Ethnic stereotypes and the letters of Paul : history and reception /
Dulk, Matthijs den
Ethnic stereotypes and the letters of Paul : history and reception / Matthijs den Dulk, Radboud University. - 1 online resource (x, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Feb 2026).
Ethnic stereotypes : a cognitive approach -- Sinful Gentiles -- Foolish Galatians -- Licentious Corinthians -- Barbaric Scythians -- Lying Cretans.
Open Access.
Do Paul's letters draw on ethnic stereotypes? Did they influence how ethnic and racial outsiders were viewed in later eras? In this volume, Matthijs den Dulk offers a series of case studies that analyze different ways in which ethnic stereotypes were used or exerted influence on Pauline writings. Informed by recent empirical research on the impact of stereotypes, Den Dulk shows that paying attention to ancient stereotypes about Galatians, Corinthians, Scythians, Cretans and other groups sheds significant new light on the context, composition and content of Paul's letters. Den Dulk's exegetical argument integrates analyses of the history of interpretation, which demonstrate that Paul's letters were used to support modern conceptions of ethnic difference, including racist theories. This study thus raises important and timely questions about the content of Paul's letters as well as their influence on subsequent ideas about race and ethnicity. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
9781009718127 (ebook)
Bible.--Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Race--Biblical teaching
Ethnicity--Biblical teaching
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Biblical teaching
BS2655.R23 / D85 2026
227.06
Ethnic stereotypes and the letters of Paul : history and reception / Matthijs den Dulk, Radboud University. - 1 online resource (x, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Feb 2026).
Ethnic stereotypes : a cognitive approach -- Sinful Gentiles -- Foolish Galatians -- Licentious Corinthians -- Barbaric Scythians -- Lying Cretans.
Open Access.
Do Paul's letters draw on ethnic stereotypes? Did they influence how ethnic and racial outsiders were viewed in later eras? In this volume, Matthijs den Dulk offers a series of case studies that analyze different ways in which ethnic stereotypes were used or exerted influence on Pauline writings. Informed by recent empirical research on the impact of stereotypes, Den Dulk shows that paying attention to ancient stereotypes about Galatians, Corinthians, Scythians, Cretans and other groups sheds significant new light on the context, composition and content of Paul's letters. Den Dulk's exegetical argument integrates analyses of the history of interpretation, which demonstrate that Paul's letters were used to support modern conceptions of ethnic difference, including racist theories. This study thus raises important and timely questions about the content of Paul's letters as well as their influence on subsequent ideas about race and ethnicity. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
9781009718127 (ebook)
Bible.--Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Race--Biblical teaching
Ethnicity--Biblical teaching
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Biblical teaching
BS2655.R23 / D85 2026
227.06