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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461515303321

Autore

Perkins Pheme

Titolo

Peter [[electronic resource] ] : apostle for the whole church / / Pheme Perkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : T&T Clark, [2000] c1994

ISBN

1-283-20131-3

9786613201317

0-567-62866-3

Edizione

[1st Fortress Press ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Studies on personalities of the New Testament

Disciplina

225.9/2

B

Soggetti

Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First Fortress Press edition 2000. Originally published: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c1994, in series: Studies on personalities of the New Testament.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 A LIFE OF PETER; CHAPTER 2 PETER IN NEW TESTAMENT NARRATIVES: MARK AND MATTHEW; CHAPTER 3 PETER IN NEW TESTAMENT NARRATIVES: LUKE AND JOHN; CHAPTER 4 PETER IN THE NEW TESTAMENT EPISTLES; CHAPTER 5 PETER, WITNESS AND MARTYR; CHAPTER 6 PETER AND AUTHENTIC TRADITION; CHAPTER 7 PETER, BISHOP OF ROME; CONCLUSION: PETER FOR THE WHOLE CHURCH?; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND MODERN AUTHORS; INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

Sommario/riassunto

Pheme Perkins searches for the historical Peter, and the influence his image has had for both Roman Catholics and Protestants. Pointing to portrayals of Peter in the Pauline and Johannine traditions, the synoptic Gospels, and the Book of Acts, Perkins argues that precisely because there is no single Petrine tradition in the New Testament, the apostle should serve as a unifying figure for many forms of Christianity. She shows how Peter should be viewed as a harmonising figure who captures the Christian imagination, not only because he is the most prominent of JesusGÇÖ disciples but also because