Community-Identity Construction in Galatians: Exegetical, Social-Anthropological and Socio-Historical Studies (Library Of New Testament Studies)

289 Pages·2005·11.9 MB·English

by  Atsuhiro Asano

l i b r a r y o f n e w t e s t a m e n t s t u d i e s
COMMUNITY–IDENTITY
CONSTRUCTION IN
GALATIANS
Exegetical, Social-Anthropological
and Socio-Historical Studies
ATSUHIRO ASANO
JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
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Mark Goodacre
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Community-Identity Construction in
Galatians
Exegetical, Social-Anthropological and Socio-Historical Studies
Atsuhiro Asano
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction 1
PART I: COMMUNITY-IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION: A THEORETICAL
FRAMEWORK AND ANALOGICAL CASE 33
CHAPTER 1: FRAMEWORK of IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION 35
1. Nature of Community-Identity 36
2. Mechanism of Ethnic Identity Construction 40
3. Theory of Emergence: Rites of Passage 48
4. Scheme of Theory Employment 52
CHAPTER 2: KANZO UCHIMURA AND HIS MUKYOKAI:
AN EXAMINATION OF ITS COMMUNITY-IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION 54
1. A Short History of the Emergence of Mukyokai 55
2. Critical Analyses of Uchimura and Mukyokai 64
3. Patterns of Mukyokai's Community-Identity Construction 73
PART II: THE CONTEXT OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN THE
GALATIAN COMMUNITY 79
CHAPTER 3: PAUL AND INSTRUMENTAL MODE OF
COMMUNITY-IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION 81
1. Paul's Relationship to 'Judaism' 82
2. Paul's Relationship to the Jerusalem Apostles 89
3. Paul's Mission as an Instrumental Mode of
Community-Identity Construction 97
CHAPTER 4: JEWISH IDEAS OF GENTILE INCORPORATION IN THE
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD 99
1. Jewish Concepts of Gentile Incorporation 101
2. Modes of Gentile Incorporation 104
3. Jewish Modes of Gentile Incorporation as Transactional
Boundary Negotiations 112
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CHAPTER 5: CONFLICTS IN JERUSALEM AND IN ANTIOCH AS THE
CONTEXT FOR IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN THE GALATIAN
COMMUNITY (GALATIANS 2.1-14) 114
1. Paul's Depiction of the Conflict in Jerusalem
(Galatians 2.1-10) 116
2. Paul's Depiction of the Conflict in Antioch
(Galatians 2.11-14) 129
3. Conflicts as the Context of Community-Identity
Construction 145
PART III: PATTERNS OF COMMUNITY-IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION
IN THE GALATIAN COMMUNITY 147
CHAPTER 6: THE RECREATION OF WORLDVIEW (GALATIANS 4.21—31):
REMAKING THE TRADITION OF ABRAHAMIC INHERITANCE 149
1. Scheme of Recreation of Worldview 150
2. Paul, Uchimura and Galatian Indigenization 156
3. Recreation of Worldview 164
4. Recreated Worldview as Conceptual Identity 178
CHAPTER 7: THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION OF TRIPLE-COUPLETS
IN PAUL'S BAPTISMAL LITURGICAL SAYING (GALATIANS 3.27-28) 180
1. Paul's Baptismal Rite in Galatia 181
2. The Liminal Perspective on Galatian Baptism 187
3. The Baptismal Rite as an Identity-Marking Event 200
CHAPTER 8: COMMUNAL POSSESSION OF A RELIGIOUS WRITING:
PAUL'S LETTER AS A LOCUS OF COMMUNITY-IDENTITY 207
1. Analogical Cases of the Physico-Documentary Dimension
of Religious Writings and Traditions 209
2. Galatians as a Locus of Community-Identity 213
3. Letter as Locus of Community-Identity 224
Conclusion 226
Bibliography 230
Index of References 255
Index of Terms 267
Index of Authors 269
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book is based upon a D. Phil, thesis submitted to the Faculty of
Theology at the University of Oxford in the summer of 2003. My special
appreciation goes first of all to my supervisor for the D. Phil, program,
Professor Christopher Rowland at The Queen's College, for guiding me
through this long academic journey with valuable guidance and much-
needed encouragement. It has been an honour to study under his
supervision. I also thank Professor Peter Clarke at King's College of
London University, who kindly acted as a co-supervisor while I wrote the
chapters on methodology, for providing me with insights into the areas of
sociology and religious study. I would like to thank also the internal and
external examiners of my viva voce, Professor Robert Morgan at Linacre
College and Professor Philip Esler at St Andrew's University, respectively,
for reading my thesis in entirety, attentively listening to my defences and
arguments, and sharing their valuable insights with me. I thank also Ms
Kim Kanouf and Rev. Tom Houston for reading earlier drafts to make
suggestions for improving my English. I thank Professor Michael Wolter
at Bonn University for his hospitality and allowing me to conduct
research at the library of die evangelisch-theologische Fakultat. I would
like also to show my sincere appreciation to Professor Shin Chiba and
Chief Librarian Ms Yuki Nagano at International Christian University
for their hospitality during my research on Mukyokai at the university. I
thank Sasakawa Fund for financing the entire trip for my research on
Mukyokai in Tokyo, Japan. I thank also Keiyu Publishing House and Dr
Keisuke Nakazawa for funding my trips to various New Testament
conferences both in Europe and in North America, which enabled me to
present my thoughts reflected in the various chapters of this book to wider
audiences. I also express my appreciation to The Queen's College for
providing financial support for my research in various forms. My
appreciation also goes to the editorial staff of T&T Clark/Continuum
for their valuable suggestions and instructions. I would not have been able
to complete the work without the encouragement of mentors and friends.
I only have space to acknowledge a few, whose constant encouragement is
responsible for its completion: Professor David Scholer, Professor Colin
Brown, Ms Olive Brown, Dr David Parris, Dr Karl Pagenkemper, Dr
Karen Maticich, Professor Mari Nishino, Professor Gohei Hata, Dr
Helene Deacon, Rev. Sally Norris, Mr Isao Hashimoto, Ms Noriko
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Matsunaga, Rev. Kazuto Sakoda, the Houstons, Herr und Frau Hahn,
and my dear students at TCI, to whom I express my sincere gratitude.
Cumnor Hill, Oxford
August, 2004
A. Asano
ABBREVIATIONS
AB The Anchor Bible
ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary
ASP American Studies in Papyrology
ASTI Annual of the Swedish Theological Institute
BAGD A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and
Other Early Christian Literature
BARev Biblical Archaeology Review
BEvT Beitrage zur evangelischen Theologie
Biblnt Biblical Interpretation
BNTC The Black Commentary
BTB Biblical Theology Bulletin
BZ Biblische Zeitschrift
BZNWKAK Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur neutestamentlische
Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche
CBQ Catholic Bible Quarterly
CGTC Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
CH Church History
EncJud Encyclopedia Judaica
ESC A Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
EvT Evangelische Theologie
ExpTim Expository Times
FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und
Neuen Testaments
GNT Grundrisse zum Neuen Testament
HR History of Religions
HTKNT Herders theologischer Kommentar zum Neuen
Testament
HTR Harvard Theological Review
ICC The International Critical Commentary
IYP InterVarsity Press
JAAR Journal of American Academy of Religion
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies
JQR Jewish Quarterly Review
JSJ Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian,
Hellenistic and Roman Period
JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament