Early Christian Identity Formation: From Ethnicity and Theology to Socio-Narrative Criticism

Abstract

In this article, the author traces four trajectories in which early Christian identity formation has been studied in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: ethnicity, theology, social-scientific, and literary. The author concludes by suggesting a way forward that includes interdisciplinary work that combines the insights of these four trends.

Linguistic Image of the Non-Christian Jews in Early Christian Narrative as a Function of Inter-Group Conflict (Text Analysis and Interpretation)

“…32 The use of psycholinguistics in conjunction with social cognition psychology creates new research possibilities though at the same time, opens a huge problem area that requires an interdisciplinary approach and a new research perspective. 33 I think that the study of stereotypes in historical discourse should take into account the rich psychological tradition. This will allow not only a more precise analysis of the stereotypes, but also the chance to collect methodologically coherent empirical material that shows historical changes in social perception processes.…”