New existence and righteous living : Colossians and 1 Peter in conversation with 4QInstruction and the Hodayot / Robert L. Cavin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cavin, Robert L.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wisdom--Religious aspects.

Wisdom.

4QInstruction.

Bible. Colossians--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

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

Thanksgiving Psalms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the first comparative study of Colossians and 1 Peter, the book fills a lacuna by exploring each author's understanding of the new existence and the means to righteous living. If the epistles end up offering almost identical paraenesis, why do they have such distinctive theological patterns of thought? The conventional starting point in Colossian and 1 Peter studies centers on the recipients' needs. Much has been learned from these investigations and is kept in view. However, the extent to which each epistle's theology reflects an underlying pattern of ideas within each author's worldview is less well understood. Setting the author's views in the context of the literature of early Judaism throws fresh light on his thought-world and understanding of the new existence and moral enablement. Evidence exists which indicates that streams of traditions in Early Judaism Literature, factors other than the recipients' needs, contribute to the theology within each epistle and may account for distinctive aspects identified between Colossians and 1 Peter. Exploration of 4QInstruction and the Hodayot, texts discovered at Qumran, provides precedents, precursors, and parallels for the distinctive emphases investigated. Thus, they shed new light on each epistle.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Overview of Scholarship

Chapter 3: 1 Peter: New Existence and Righteous Living

Chapter 4: The Hodayot and Patterns of Thought in 1 Peter

Chapter 5: Colossians: New Existence and Righteous Living

Chapter 6: 4QInstruction and Patterns of Thought in Colossians

Chapter 7: Summary and Conclusions

Bibliography

Index of Modern Authors

Index of References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 22, 2013).

ISBN:

9783110304039

3110304031

OCLC:

858762176