| Written to Serve: The Use of Scripture in 1 Peter Contributor(s): Sargent, Benjamin (Author), Keith, Chris (Editor) |
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ISBN: 056767245X ISBN-13: 9780567672452 Publisher: T&T Clark OUR PRICE: $40.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - General - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament |
| Dewey: 227.92 |
| Series: Library of New Testament Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.74 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The use of Scripture in 1 Peter has been subject to much extensive analysis in the last thirty years. In Written to Serve Benjamin Sargent offers an up to date and comprehensive analysis of how 1 Pet 1.10-12 offers a 'hermeneutic, ' providing an insight into how Scripture is interpreted in the letter. Sargent also argues that the relation of 1.10-12 has been misunderstood. Rather than offering a Christological hermeneutic with a focus on the suffering and glories of Christ, Sargent asserts that the primary importance of 1.10-12 is its orientation of the prophetic witness towards the eschatological community as an act of service. Similarly, rather than offering a theological narrative of continuity between Israel and Christian communities, 1.10-12 may be seen to suggest a narrative of profound discontinuity in which the community in the present is elevated above God's people of the past |
Contributor Bio(s): Sargent, Benjamin: - Benjamin Sargent is Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, UK |