TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dulk,Matthijs den
TI  - Ethnic stereotypes and the letters of Paul: history and reception 
SN  - 9781009718127 (ebook)
AV  - BS2655.R23 D85 2026
U1  - 227.06 23
PY  - 2026///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY, USA
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Epistles of Paul
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Race
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Ethnicity
KW  - Stereotypes (Social psychology)
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009718127
ER  -