The first letter of Peter : a commentary on the Greek text / Reinhard Feldmeier ; translated from the German by Peter H. Davids.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldmeier, Reinhard.

Standardized Title:

Erste Brief des Petrus. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Peter, 1st--Commentaries.

Bible.

Bible. Peter, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Christianity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Place of Publication:

Waco, TX : Baylor University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The New Testament book known as "The First Letter of Peter" describes how Christians should relate to the world. Specifically, it suggests how Christians should define themselves against a powerful and sometimes hostile culture. Written to first-century Christians in Asia Minor who were suffering from religious persecution, this letter brings Biblical and extra-Biblical traditions together to forge an original and unique pastoral strategy. At the same time, in its depiction of "practical piety," the letter is an impressive display of early Christian theology. Here, one of the world's authorities on Peter provides a verse by verse interpretation of First Peter that is both highly readable and deeply informed.

Contents:

Introduction

The "fiery ordeal" (1 Peter 4:12) : the situation of suffering

The "foreigners" (1 Peter 1:1; 2:11) : the theological interpretation of the situation

"In order to encourage and to testify" (1 Peter 5:12) : the arrangement of the letter

"Rebirth" and "people of God" : the crossing of the vertical and horizontal dimensions of soteriology

"For it is written" (1 Peter 1:16) : 1 Peter and tradition

"Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ" (1 Peter 1:1) : questions of introduction

The influence of First Peter

Exegesis

Prescript : the addressees as foreigners and people of God 1:1-2

The reason for the foreignness : rebirth and the people of God 1:3-2:10

Rebirth 1:3-2:3

Introductory eulogy : rebirth and joy in suffering 1:3-12

Rebirth and the new way of life 1:13-2:3

The regenerate as God's people 2:4-10

The building up into a spiritual house 2:4-8

The foreigners as God's people 2:9-10

Summary 1:3-2:10

Freedom and obedience : foreigners in the society 2:11-5:11

Exhortation and comfort 2:11-4:11

Living as foreigners 2:11-12

New way of life within the society 2:13-4:6

Exhortation to love one another 4:7-11

Comfort and exhortation 4:12-5:11

Suffering as fellowship with Christ 4:12-19

Leadership and service within the community 5:1-5

Final exhortation and comfort 5:6-11

Letter closing 5:12-14

Excursus 1: hope

Excursus 2: "imperishable, undefiled, unfading" : the reception and transfomation of metaphysical attributes of God in 1 Peter

Excursus 3: temptation/[peripasmos]

Excursus 4: the soul and salvation of the soul in 1 Peter

Excursus 5: the desires

Excursus 6: God as judge

Excursus 7: rebirth

Excursus 8: the context of the exhortation to subordination

Excursus 9: subject and responsible citizen

Excursus 10: "humility"/[tapeinofrosunh]

Excursus 11: devil/Satan.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-29902-2

9786611299026

1-60258-169-X

1-4356-4077-2

OCLC:

221343553