The Narrative Substructure of 1 Peter
New Testament authors write with a certain historical narrative of God’s dealings with Israel in mind, through which they understand and engage with their audiences. Often this narrative is an unexpressed substructure behind a piece of writing. This is the case in 1 Peter. The narrative substructure...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
[2013]
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In: |
The expository times
Year: 2013, Volume: 124, Issue: 10, Pages: 485-490 |
Further subjects: | B
Christians
B Salvation History B Bible. New Testament B Narrative B Scripture B Bible B God B 1 Peter B Salvation-history B Hermeneutics. Joel B. Green B Christian Communities |
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Summary: | New Testament authors write with a certain historical narrative of God’s dealings with Israel in mind, through which they understand and engage with their audiences. Often this narrative is an unexpressed substructure behind a piece of writing. This is the case in 1 Peter. The narrative substructure of 1 Peter is alluded to in 1 Pet 1:10-12 and in 1:19-20. This narrative, it is argued here, is one of discontinuity. Rather than seeing the Christian communities as a continuation of God’s dealings with Israel, Peter sees the communities as exclusively occupying a climax in his narrative which contrasts with the status of Israel in the past. This narrative has significant implications for an understanding of the interpretation of scripture in 1 Peter. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5308 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The expository times
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0014524612472866 |