all the Hebrews, but was also part of the collective figurative culture. It follows the Englishtranslation of chapter 37,1-14 from the Book of Ezekiel. 1 The hand of the Lord was upon me [...] 1973, p. 187. ↩ SCHELKLE, Die Petrusbriefe …, pp. 5-6. ↩ The englishtranslation of 1 Pt. 3,18-22; 1 Pt. 4,6; Ez. 37,1-14 are taken from The Holy Bible: New International Version

hosia is difficult to translate; in this paper I will use it in the most accepted and general translation as ‘the things belonging to the gods and the things relating to a good order among men as sanctioned [...] (Stuttgart and Leipzig 1998). Blok, J. H., ‘Oude en nieuwe burgers’, Lampas 36 (2003) 5-26. (With English summary). Blok, J. H., ‘Becoming citizens. Some notes on the semantics of citizenship in classical [...] 19 (1988) 161-188. Cf. Blok, J. H., ‘Oude en nieuwe burgers’, Lampas 36 (2003) 5-26. (With English summary). ↩ E.g. Xen., Hell . 2.4.21; Dem. 23.65; Dem. 39.35; Dem. 57.4. I owe