Temple, exile, and identity in 1 Peter /
Temple, Exile and Identity in 1 Peter will generate a fresh and perhaps even a new understanding of the main themes of 1 Peter, which include questions of identity, suffering, hope, holiness, and judgment. Mbuvi explores the temple imagery in the epistle of 1 Peter and focuses on the use of cultic l...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London ; New York :
T & T Clark,
2007.
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Colección: | Library of New Testament studies ;
345. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Temple, Exile and Identity in 1 Peter will generate a fresh and perhaps even a new understanding of the main themes of 1 Peter, which include questions of identity, suffering, hope, holiness, and judgment. Mbuvi explores the temple imagery in the epistle of 1 Peter and focuses on the use of cultic language in constituting the new identity of the Petrine community. He contends that temple imagery in 1 Peter undergirds the entire epistle. 1 Peter directly connects the community's identity with the temple by describing it in terms reminiscent of the temple structure. He calls the members of the c. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 175 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-161) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780567582706 0567582701 1283200872 9781283200875 9786613200877 6613200875 |