By extending Christs redemption to those who were not ethnically Jewish, Paul has long been credited with transforming Christianity into a universal, ethnicallyneutral religion. In this book, Caroline Johnson Hodge challenges this interpretation through a detailed examination of kinship and ethnic language in Pauls letters. Arguing against firmly entrenched claims that Pauls Epistles eliminate ethnicity from Christianity, Johnson Hodge claims the exact opposite Paul treats ethnicity as a central element of the Gentile believers entrance into communion with Jesus. Paul creates a myth of origins for Gentiles through baptism Jews and Gentiles alike could share a common ancestor in Abraham. In Johnson Hodges reading, Paul does not combine Jews and Gentiles under a new, homogenous group of "Christians," but instead sees baptism as a way of creating two separate but related lineages of Abraham.

Binding: Hardcover;260 pages; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Classification: HRCG; Weight: 678 g; Dimensions: 241 x 164 x 21

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