Matthijs den Dulk is Associate Professor at Radboud University, a Research Fellow of the University of the Free State, and Academic Director of the Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion. He has published widely on early Christian literature, including on ethnicity and race in Acts and Origen of Alexandria. His work in this area has been supported by a major grant from NWO and a Humboldt research fellowship.

'This is a brilliant, original, and important work, with an unusually impressive combination of detailed historical analysis, sophisticated interdisciplinary illumination, well-chosen insights from the history of interpretation, and nuanced reflection on the contemporary significance of a consequential topic. Matthijs den Dulk identifies an important theme - ancient ethnic stereotypes and their deployment in the Pauline letters - that has been surprisingly neglected. He shows through his various case studies how a focus on these stereotypes enriches our understanding of the Pauline letters and how the categories deployed continue to have an ambivalent legacy in shaping modern thinking about racial and ethnic difference. Amidst the pile of books clamouring for your attention, start with this one!' David G. Horrell, University of Exeter

• 1. Introduction; 2. Ethnic stereotypes: a cognitive approach; 3. Sinful gentiles; 4. Foolish Galatians; 5. Licentious Corinthians; 6. Barbaric Scythians; 7. Lying Cretans; 8. Conclusion.

Matthijs den Dulk is Associate Professor at Radboud University, a Research Fellow of the University of the Free State, and Academic Director of the Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion. He has published widely on early Christian literature, including on ethnicity and race in Acts and Origen of Alexandria. His work in this area has been supported by a major grant from NWO and a Humboldt research fellowship.

'This is a brilliant, original, and important work, with an unusually impressive combination of detailed historical analysis, sophisticated interdisciplinary illumination, well-chosen insights from the history of interpretation, and nuanced reflection on the contemporary significance of a consequential topic. Matthijs den Dulk identifies an important theme - ancient ethnic stereotypes and their deployment in the Pauline letters - that has been surprisingly neglected. He shows through his various case studies how a focus on these stereotypes enriches our understanding of the Pauline letters and how the categories deployed continue to have an ambivalent legacy in shaping modern thinking about racial and ethnic difference. Amidst the pile of books clamouring for your attention, start with this one!' David G. Horrell, University of Exeter

• 1. Introduction; 2. Ethnic stereotypes: a cognitive approach; 3. Sinful gentiles; 4. Foolish Galatians; 5. Licentious Corinthians; 6. Barbaric Scythians; 7. Lying Cretans; 8. Conclusion.

Matthijs den Dulk is Associate Professor at Radboud University, a Research Fellow of the University of the Free State, and Academic Director of the Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion. He has published widely on early Christian literature, including on ethnicity and race in Acts and Origen of Alexandria. His work in this area has been supported by a major grant from NWO and a Humboldt research fellowship.

'This is a brilliant, original, and important work, with an unusually impressive combination of detailed historical analysis, sophisticated interdisciplinary illumination, well-chosen insights from the history of interpretation, and nuanced reflection on the contemporary significance of a consequential topic. Matthijs den Dulk identifies an important theme - ancient ethnic stereotypes and their deployment in the Pauline letters - that has been surprisingly neglected. He shows through his various case studies how a focus on these stereotypes enriches our understanding of the Pauline letters and how the categories deployed continue to have an ambivalent legacy in shaping modern thinking about racial and ethnic difference. Amidst the pile of books clamouring for your attention, start with this one!' David G. Horrell, University of Exeter

• 1. Introduction; 2. Ethnic stereotypes: a cognitive approach; 3. Sinful gentiles; 4. Foolish Galatians; 5. Licentious Corinthians; 6. Barbaric Scythians; 7. Lying Cretans; 8. Conclusion.