Practising Idolatry in 1 Peter
Did some early Christian groups worship the emperor or other Graeco-Roman gods? In his essay ‘Going All the Way? Honouring the Emperor and Sacrificing Wives and Slaves in 1 Peter 2.13-3.6’, Warren Carter has proposed a provocative reading of 1 Pet. 2.13-3.6, arguing that this author exhorts the audi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2021, Volume: 43, Issue: 3, Pages: 411-430 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Slave
/ Ruler worship
/ Assimilation (Phonetics)
/ Bible. Petrusbrief 1. 1,18-19
/ Bible. Petrusbrief 1. 2,13-3,7
/ Bible. Petrusbrief 1. 4,3-6
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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| Summary: | Did some early Christian groups worship the emperor or other Graeco-Roman gods? In his essay ‘Going All the Way? Honouring the Emperor and Sacrificing Wives and Slaves in 1 Peter 2.13-3.6’, Warren Carter has proposed a provocative reading of 1 Pet. 2.13-3.6, arguing that this author exhorts the audience to participate in cultic sacrifices to the emperor as part of a strategy to overcome the social-prejudice currently faced by the audience. In this article I offer an analysis of Carter’s position, as well as offer a detailed response to his argument. I begin by responding to his suggestions regarding Paul, the Apocalypse of John and the Governor Pliny. This is followed by a detailed look at two specific strands of evidence in 1 Pet. 1.18 and 4.3 and the audience’s experience of suffering, which indicate that Carter’s thesis is mistaken. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X20973894 |