| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 175 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Library of New Testament studies ; 345
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies
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Library of New Testament studies ; 345.
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-161) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 'Exile and restoration of Israel' as a background for reading 1 Peter -- 'Temple', 'exile', and 'identity' in Second Temple literature -- Exegetical analysis of temple imagery in 1 Peter -- Implications and conclusions. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bible. Peter, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Peter, 1st. |
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Bible -- Reading. |
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Bible. Peter, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Bible. Peter, 1st. |
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Petrusbrief (I.) |
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Symbolism in the Bible.
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Symbolism in the Bible. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Title |
Temple, exile and identity in First Peter |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Mbuvi, Andrew Mũtũa. Temple, exile, and identity in 1 Peter. London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2007 9780567031426 (DLC) 2007281304 (OCoLC)78989101 |
| ISBN |
9780567582706 (electronic book) |
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0567582701 (electronic book) |
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1283200872 |
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9781283200875 |
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9780567031426 |
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056703142X |
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