Divine Regeneration and Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter: Mapping Metaphors of Family, Race, and Nation

ISBN-13: 9781108841283 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

New Zealand) Marcar Katherine (University of Otago

Opis

Examines how 1 Peter draws together metaphors of family, ethnicity, temple, and priesthood to describe Christian identity.

Recenzje

‘Marcar has produced an excellent addition to the literature on 1 Peter, and her in-depth analysis of intertestamental and first-century background literature concerning the themes in play has great value for anyone researching those topics.’ Allyson Presswood Nance, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

Spis treści

Introduction: Why this new genos? Christian Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter: Why this new genos?; 1. Ethnicity ancient and modern; 2. A field guide to metaphors; 3. The structure of 1 Peter: A bird's eye view; 4. Begotten anew: Divine begetting in 1 Peter; 5. Seed metaphors in Jewish and early Christian literature; 6. New born babies and spiritual milk in 1 Peter 2:1-3; 7. From house to house of God: House and cultic language in 1 Peter 2:4-10; 8. From (Re)Generation to Ethnos: Mapping systematic metaphors in 1 Peter; 9. Conclusion: The divine regeneration metaphor in 1 Peter; Appendix 1: The language of rebirth in Rabbinic Judaism.