| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 126 pages) : map |
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New Testament guides |
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New Testament guides.
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| Contents |
Rescuing 1 Peter -- What kind of text is 1 Peter? -- Traditions in 1 Peter -- The situation, indentity, and suffering of the addressees of 1 Peter -- Jewish scriptures and Christian identity -- Becoming Christian in a hostile world -- Assessing 1 Peter : an ambivalent legacy? |
| Summary |
Like other volumes in the New Testament Guides series, 1 Peter offers a concise and accessible introduction to a New Testament text, in this case aimed specifically at undergraduate-level students. It provides information on the likely historical and social setting of this letter, on its literary form and theological content, and on issues involved in its interpretation. It gives a balanced presentation and assessment of the range of scholarly views on such topics, with guidance for further reading and research. In particular, this volume suggests that 1 Peter is an important text not least for the ways in which it both reflects and constructs early Christian identity, in its relationships with Judaism and the Roman Empire. Although 1 Peter remains neglected compared with the canonical gospels and the major Pauline letters, Horrell argues that the letter deserves much more attention for the pivotal contribution it makes to the development of early Christianity and for the ways in which it reveals this development in progress |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Peter, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Peter, 1st. fast (OCoLC)fst01892937 |
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Biblical studies & exegesis.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Paul's Letters.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567517234 |
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0567517233 |
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1283122227 |
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9781283122221 |
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9780567030573 |
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0567030571 |
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