Written to serve: the use of scripture in 1 peter.

Sargent, Benjamin, 1983-,

Written to serve: the use of scripture in 1 peter. [print] - [Place of publication not identified], Bloomsbury T and T Clark, (c)2018. - x, 225 pages ; 24 cm - Library of New Testament studies ; 547 T & T Clark library of biblical studies . - Library of New Testament studies ; 547. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. .

1 Peter 1.10-12: a Hermeneutical Statement? -- Formal Citation of Scripture in 1 Peter -- Allusion to Scripture in 1 Peter -- The Exegetical Background to the Use of Scripture in 1 Peter -- 1 Peter and Theological Interpretation of Scripture.

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. (Publisher).



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Bible.--Peter, 1st, I, 10-12--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BS2795.S245.W758 2018 BS2795