2 Corinthians 11:22: Historical Context, Rhetoric, And Ethnic Identity

2010 ◽  
pp. 63-87
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
2 Corinthians

scholarly journals 2 Corinthians 11:22: Historical context, rhetoric, and ethnicity

2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Duling
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Rhetorical Criticism ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
Partition Theory ◽  
2 Corinthians ◽  
High Conflict ◽  
Ethnic Heritage

In this article historical criticism, rhetorical criticism and ethnicity theory are combined to interpret Paul’s boasting about his ethnicity in 2 Corinthians 11:22. Partition theory helps to establish the historical/social context that 2 Corinthians 10-13 is a fragment of the “tearful letter,” which represented the low point (high conflict) of Paul’s relations with the Corinthians. Rhetoric – the theatrical “Fool’s Speech,” which contains irony, self-praise, and comparison – helps to understand Paul’s boastful argumentation in his selfdefence; and ethnicity theory helps to interpret Paul’s construction of his ethnic identity. Paul boasted of his ethnicity by taking up rhetorical comparison and self-praise. But he did so in the so-called “Fool’s Speech”, which is full of irony: his ethnic heritage was part of his argument that he was equal to that of his opponents, but – here is the chief irony – his ethnicity “in the flesh” ultimately meant nothing to him.

From the Sacred to the Secular: Ethnic Identity and Monetary Value embodied in Jewish Ceremonial Textiles according to the Pinkassim of Amsterdam

Images ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-34
Author(s):  
Julie-Marthe Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Material Objects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Religious Ritual ◽  
Monetary Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
Written Sources

In the last quarter of the nineteenth century the Jewish intelligentsia developed a historical and scholarly interest in material objects of Jewish culture. In new exhibitions they organized, ritual objects that had been associated exclusively with religious observance, were moved to the public domain and divested of their purely religious ritual function. In a secular setting, Judaica became an expression of Jewish ethnic identity defined by its surrounding and religion, and evoked a new appreciation as objets d’art that implicitly assumed a monetary market value. This article examines whether this expression of ethnic identity and aesthetic and monetary appreciation developed first in the context of nineteenth-century secularism. By presenting three case studies based on written sources, I argue that ethnic and monetary value were already manifest in prior centuries and underline the value of written sources for an understanding of the social and cultural historical context of Jewish ceremonial objects.

scholarly journals ETHNIC IDENTITY AS STIGMA: KALMYKS IN DEPORTATION (1943–1956)

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (47) ◽  
pp. 154-180
Author(s):  
Elza-Bair Guchinova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Ethnic Identification ◽  
Private Sphere ◽  
Personal Names ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
External Forces

The article is devoted to the study of the ethnic identification of the Kalmyks during the deportation of 1943–1956. These thirteen years in Siberia represented a special historical context during which the Kalmyk ethnic group was completely outlawed and its ethnic identity problematized. The purpose of the article is to show how the Kalmyk ethnicity was stigmatized under the pressure of a large society, how the Kalmyk ethnicity disappeared from the public sphere, retreating into the private sphere, and how the weakening of markers of Kalmyk ethnicity played out in Siberia: Kalmyk personal names changed to Russian ones, the ritual order of calendar holidays was reduced, knowledge of the native language declined. Special attention is paid to the problem of constructing ethnic boundaries of the group by the local population and by the deported Kalmyks. Moreover, the stigmatization of Kalmyks and the influence of external forces on the cohesion of the group are discussed. Contrary to the view that such a dependence is always directly proportional to external pressure, the study shows that this trend does not always hold: Kalmyks were resettled so dispersedly and lived through such hardship that stigmatization did not allow group cohesion to develop. Relying on “local voices”, the article discusses the complexity of ethnic identification based on constructivist views on the nature of ethnicity as a way of organizing cultural differences. To convey the voices of the older generation “in person” is a fundamental authorial position for the researcher. The article was written based on field materials from the “Everyone Has Their Own Siberia” project — a collection of spontaneous oral interviews that the author compiled in 2002–2004 and 2016–2018 in Kalmykia and Moscow, supplemented by published memoirs of Kalmyks about life in Siberia.

scholarly journals Blood Politics, Ethnic Identity, and Racial Misclassification among American Indians and Alaska Natives

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily A. Haozous ◽  
Carolyn J. Strickland ◽  
Janelle F. Palacios ◽  
Teshia G. Arambula Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
American Indian ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Alaska Natives ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Current State ◽  
Native Identity ◽  
State Of The Science

Misclassification of race in medical and mortality records has long been documented as an issue in American Indian/Alaska Native data. Yet, little has been shared in a cohesive narrative which outlines why misclassification of American Indian/Alaska Native identity occurs. The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of the current state of the science in racial misclassification among American Indians and Alaska Natives. We also provide a historical context on the importance of this problem and describe the ongoing political processes that both affect racial misclassification and contribute to the context of American Indian and Alaska Native identity.

Prospects for the development and preservation of the ethnic identity of the Adyghe youth

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
N.Z. Kurov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Military Leaders ◽  
Traditional Institution ◽  
The Common

The article is devoted to the analysis of the prospects for the development and preservation of the ethnic identity of the Adyghe youth, the question of determining the place of the traditional institution «Adyghe Khabze» in the modern Adyghe society is raised. The historical context of the formation of the Adyghe ethnos is considered, Professor I.I. Maremshaova believes that the formation of the common Caucasian proto-archetypes took place under the influence of significant outside influence. Modern attempts to reconstruct and restore the glorious past do not take into account that it has long since sunk into oblivion, there is only a shadow of past victories, and we, in particular, the Circassians, peck at our heroic past, extracting past merits from there. It is imperative to create an image of a progressive region and nation. We need historical heroes and characters to create national examples and landmarks, the Adygs need not only the images of military leaders and athletes, but scientists, doctors, firefighters, modern figures of art and education.

scholarly journals The use of St. Sava in setting ethnoreligious boundaries: Sociological-historical approach

Sociologija ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-338
Author(s):  
Nemanja Kostic
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ethnic Boundaries ◽  
Nation And Nationalism

From the sociological-historical perspective, this article deals with questioning the adequacy of frequently appearing nationalistic standpoints about the continuous, centuries-old maintaining of ethnoreligious boundaries, often set by emphasizing important symbols of collective identity, whose social function is reflected in creating everlasting, sturdy and unquestionable differences between nations. This problem has been investigated by studying the symbolism of St. Sava in cases of Serbo-Croatian, Serbo-Bosniac and Serbo-Montenegrin ethnoreligious dichotomization. By applying the combination of ethno-symbolist and interactionist approaches to the phenomena of nation and nationalism, this article compares the premodern and modern historical context of this process in the mentioned cases. As opposed to the aforementioned nationalistic beliefs, the results of the study have shown that St. Sava could have become a prominent symbol of ethnoreligious division only in modern times, precisely by means of nationalistic instrumentalisation. Namely, sociohistorical conditions of the premodern era, where ethnic identity did not have the same role and strength often ascribed to it today, initiated the birth of different attitudes towards this saint by various groups and individuals, at the same time displaying the permeability and the unstable character of ethnic boundaries in the past.

scholarly journals Die sosiale en praktiese implikasies van 2 Korintiërs 6:14 vir Christene in Suid-Afrika

1999 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
G.J.C. Jordaan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Structure Analysis ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
1 Corinthians ◽  
2 Corinthians ◽  
Metaphoric Language ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practical Implications

The social and practical implications of 2 Corinthians 6:14 for Christians in South Africa The prohibition in 1 Corinthians not to be mismated with unbelievers is part of the metaphoric language by which Paul explains a principle for relations between believers and unbelievers. Evidence drawn from a grammatical and thought-structure analysis of the text as well as evidence drawn from its socio-historical context makes it clear that this prohibition is applicable to a variety of relations, especially marriage relations, labour and business relations, religious relations and even political relations. The prohibition should not lead Christians into an ascetic lifestyle, but should rather exhort them to establish such relationships with unbelievers that their own holiness as body of Christ will remain untouched. In all relations believers should refrain from taking any other yoke upon themselves than the yoke of our Lord Jesus. Finally, all relations with unbelievers should be upheld with the missionary purpose of bringing such unbelievers to the faith of the Lord.

scholarly journals Narratives of ethnic identity and language among young Pannonian Ruthenians in Serbia

Adeptus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Sakač
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Linguistic Identity ◽  
Strategic Positioning ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
The University

Narratives of ethnic identity and language among young Pannonian Ruthenians in SerbiaThis article offers a study of narratives of ethnic identity among young Ruthenians in Serbia. The analysed data comes from in-depth interviews and questionnaires conducted in 2016 with nine informants studying at the University of Novi Sad. The narrative approach has proven to be most suitable, especially when trying to understand the individual perspective of one’s ethnic and linguistic identity. In order to understand Ruthenians as an ethnic minority in Serbia, the study also provides a brief overview of the historical context, including information on Ruthenian migration from Transcarpathia to Vojvodina in the eighteenth century, their strategic positioning towards the nation states they have lived in, their Greek-Catholic denomination as a factor distinguishing them from other ethnic communities, as well as the intersubjective understanding of their ethnic identity. Vojvodina, the northern region of Serbia, where they live, is a multicultural and multi-confessional province, which has proven to be both an opportunity and a challenge for this community. The historical overview also presents how they have obtained their minority rights since their migration to the region. Narracje tożsamości etnicznej i języka wśród młodych Rusinów Panońskich w SerbiiNiniejszy artykuł poświęcony jest narracjom tożsamości etnicznej wśród młodych Rusinów w Serbii. Analizowane dane pochodzą z wywiadów pogłębionych i badań kwestionariuszowych przeprowadzonych w roku 2016 wśród dziewięciorga rozmówców studiujących na Uniwersytecie w Nowym Sadzie. Podejście narracyjne zostało wybrane jako najwygodniejsze do zbadania osobistych spojrzeń na własną tożsamość etniczną i językową. Aby pomóc w zrozumieniu położenia Rusinów jako mniejszości etnicznej w Serbii, praca przedstawia również w zwięzły sposób kontekst historyczny, w tym informacje o migracji Rusinów z Zakarpacia do Wojwodiny w XVIII wieku, strategie ich funkcjonowania w państwach narodowych, na obszarze których zamieszkiwali, grekokatolicką identyfikację religijną, stanowiącą czynnik odróżniający ich od innych miejscowych społeczności, oraz indywidualne sposoby rozumienia tożsamości etnicznej. Położona w północnej Serbii Wojwodina to region wielokulturowy i wielowyznaniowy, co przynosi rusińskiej wspólnocie zarówno trudności, jak i korzyści. Zawarte w artykule spojrzenie na historię ukazuje ponadto proces zdobywania praw mniejszości przez Rusinów po ich migracji do obecnego miejsca zamieszkania.

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