By Lawrence M. Wills
Not God's People asks questions comparable to: How is the outsider outlined? Is the appropriate insider outlined because the contrary of the outsider? It follows up with similar questions comparable to: How have been those definitions of 'we' and 'other' within the historical groups utilized by later Jews and Christians? Are the tactics of group and enemy formation present in the Bible exhibited in so much different cultures to boot? Not God's People finally indicates that notwithstanding the Bible's definitions of the insider and outsider adjustments dramatically through the years, the method are enduring, and perpetually true.
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