Reading Hebrews and 1 Peter with the African American great migration : diaspora, place and identity / Jennifer T. Kaalund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaalund, Jennifer T., author.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 598.

Library of New Testament Studies ; 598

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Hebrews--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Peter--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

African Americans--Migrations--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages).

Place of Publication:

London, England : T&T Clark, 2019.

Summary:

In this new examination of the formation of African American identity, Jennifer Kaalund examines the constructed and contested Christian-Jewish identities in Hebrews and 1 Peter through the lens of the "New Negro," a diasporic identity similarly constructed and contested during the Great Migration in the early 20th century. As both identites emerged in a context marked by instability, creativity, and the necessity of permanence, Kaalund argues that they both also show complex internal diversity and debate that disrupts any simple articulation as purely resistant (or accommodating) to its hegmonic and oppressive environment. --Book cover.

Contents:

Diaspora space, displaced identities, and diasporic religion

A place to call home: the Great Migration and the making of the new Negro

Called out: Alexandrian Jewish identity in the Roman imperial context

A better country: Hebrews and an identity formerly known as Jewish

A peculiar people: 1 Peter and an identity that wil come to be known as Christian

Called out: rethinking centers and margins.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780567685223

0567685225

9780567679970

0567679977