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Fourteen members of The Context Group honor Bruce J. Malina and his scholarship in this volume by following his consistent example of developing or using explicit social scientific models to interpret documents from the ancient Mediterranean world. Ordinary features of that cultural world such as gossip, reciprocity, a pervasive military presence, the power of women, and becoming a follower of Jesus stand out with greater clarity in the Bible when a reader understands the cultural matrix in which such social dynamics function. These essays reflect The Context Group's more than twenty years of collaborative experience in researching the cultural context of the Bible. New insights are built on the solidly established foundations of their earlier cross-cultural studies. Readers will find the individual essays enlightening and challenging. Taken as a whole they form a valuable resource and a stimulating and helpful aid to further study.

11.33 Bible study and interpretation --- Social scientific criticism of sacred works --- Bible --- Social scientific criticism.

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The author of the present work wants to throw new light on the intended readers of 1 Peter by investigating what it could possibly mean that they were to live as Strangers in the Light. It is argued that the author of 1 Peter considers his readers as living a life influenced by social circumstances very much comparable to those of the Diaspora proselytes to Judaism. Hence similar discussions in Jewish Diaspora works can illuminate his descriptions and exhortations. Among these Diaspora works, the works of Philo of Alexandria should be drawn into the discussions in a much more comprehensive way than has been done so far. In addition to a study of the role of Silvanus in the making of the letter, this volume contains four studies that carry out what the author calls 'philonic readings' of central issues of 1 Peter 2,5-11. The study will demonstrate the usefulness of Jewish diaspora works for understanding the social life of the early Christians.

Etrangers dans la Bible --- Strangers in the Bible --- Vreemdelingen in de Bijbel --- 227*22 --- 227*22 Brieven van Petrus --- Brieven van Petrus --- Strangers in the Bible. --- Philo, --- Bible. --- Social scientific criticism. --- Alexandria, --- Filon --- Filón, --- Filon, --- Filone, --- Philon, --- Philonis, --- Yedidyah, --- פילון --- פילון מאלכסנדריה --- פילון, --- פילון היהודי --- Филон Александрийский --- Filon Aleksandriĭskiĭ --- Pseudo-Philo --- Epistle of Peter, 1st --- Peter, 1st (Book of the New Testament) --- Peter (Book 1) --- Bible. N.T. Peter I --- Social scientific criticism --- Philo of Alexandria --- Social scientific criticism of sacred works.

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In this study, Wu explores how the concepts honor, shame, and guilt function in the book of Ezekiel, as well as in the wider contexts of their general use in anthropological or social-scientific approaches to biblical studies. He frames Ezekiel's key terms for honor (kabod), shame (bosh), and guilt ('awah) within an analysis of a broad perspective on these terms in the body of the Old Testament as a way of forming the "concept spheres" within which the specific instances of each term in Ezekiel sit. Wu gleans insight from the dominant contemporary definitions of honor, shame, and guilt in the fields of psychology and anthropology and their application to biblical studies, and he reflects on how this broader context informs and is informed by his analysis of Ezekiel. The study concludes by drawing together the implications and contribution of the analysis of Ezekiel and applying them to the development of social-scientific models for the future.

224.4 --- 224.4 Ezechiel --- 224.4 Ezechiël --- Ezechiel --- Ezechiël --- Bible. --- Esŭgel (Book of the Old Testament) --- Ezechiel (Book of the Old Testament) --- Ezekiel (Book of the Old Testament) --- Ezekieli (Book of the Old Testament) --- Hesekiel (Book of the Old Testament) --- Yechezkel (Book of the Old Testament) --- Yeḥezḳel (Book of the Old Testament) --- Social scientific criticism. --- Guilt --- Shame --- Honor --- Sozialgeschichtliche Exegese --- Anthropologie --- Social scientific criticism of sacred works. --- Emotions --- Ethics --- Conscience --- Honour --- Chivalry --- Conduct of life --- Biblical teaching. --- Psychological aspects --- Bibel --- Buch Hesekiel --- Hesekiel --- Ez --- Ezek --- Ezekiel (Buch der Bibel) --- <> Buch des Propheten Ezechiel --- Ezechiel (Buch der Bibel) --- Yeḥezḳel --- Sefer Yeḥezḳel --- <> livre d'Ézéchiel --- Ézéchiel --- יחזקאל --- ספר יחזקאל --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Social scientific criticism --- Menschenkunde --- Mensch --- Menschenbild --- Anthropologe --- Sozialwissenschaftliche Exegese --- Exegese