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No Longer Living as the Gentiles

By Darko, Daniel K.

No Longer Living as the Gentiles Religion & Esotericism

No Longer Living as the Gentiles

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On the one hand, Ephesians 4.17-5.21 has been interpreted as drawing a social or ethical contrast between the addressees and the outside world, and even as encouraging or legitimating social withdrawal or separation from outsiders. On the other hand, the household code in Ephesians 5.21-6.9 has been read as encouraging integration into the wider society. These social goals seem to be at odds, but rarely is this reflected on or addressed in scholarship. Upon a close and detailed study that utilizes traditional exegetical methods, comparative analysis and social identity theory, Daniel K. Darko argues that Ephesians 4.17-6.9 exhibits a consistent strategy of promoting group distinctiveness while utilizing Greco-Roman ethical values and traditions to promote internal cohesion among the readers. Readers are encouraged neither to separate from society nor to integrate further into it, but to live and function within society as members of the 'household of God' in one accord.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
174
Release Date:
2008-05-15
Publication Date:
2008-03-15
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0567033082
ISBN13:
9780567033086
Weight:
432 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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