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ethnic group [eth′nik] a population of individuals organized on the basis of an assumed common cultural origin. ethnic group, n a population of individuals organized around an assumption of common cultural origin. ethnic group Social medicine A group whose members (1) have a sense of common origins; (2) claim a common and distinctive Hx and destiny; (3) possess one or more dimensions of collective cultural individuality; (4) have a sense of unique
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After exploring the model linguistically and conceptually with literature from antiquity, I show how modern ethnicity studies can offer insights into ethnicity in Matthew and in particular how priestly voluntary associations called ethne might help to interpret the special fruit-bearing ethnos of Matthew 21:43 in terms of an alternative leadership to the priests of Jerusalem. Taking Multiculturalism Personally: Ethnos and Ethos in the Classroom. This group to which people feel loyal may be a tribe, an ethnos, a people in an ethnic sense. |
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