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Contents Introduction: Aliens, Christians, and the Rhetoric of Identity 1 1. Citizens and Aliens 25 2. Going to Jesus “Outside the Camp”: Alien Identity in Hebrews 46 3. Outsiders by Virtue of Outdoing: The Epistle to Diognetus 64 4. Foreign Countries and Alien Assets in the Shepherd of Hermas 78 5. Strangers and Soteriology in the Apocryphon of James 91 Conclusion 103 List of Abbreviations 118 Notes 122 Bibliography 161 Index 179 Acknowledgments 185 This page intentionally left blank ...

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