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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461555503321

Autore

Mbuvi Andrew Mũtũa

Titolo

Temple, exile and identity in 1 Peter [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew M. Mbuvi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark, 2007

ISBN

1-283-20087-2

9786613200877

0-567-58270-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Collana

Library of New Testament studies ; ; 345

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Disciplina

227.9206

Soggetti

Symbolism in the Bible

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-161) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. 'EXILE AND RESTORATION OF ISRAEL' AS A BACKGROUND FOR READING 1 PETER; 3. TEMPLE', 'EXILE', AND 'IDENTITY' IN SECOND TEMPLE LITERATURE; 4. EXEGEHCAL ANALYSIS OF TEMPLE IMAGERY IN 1 PETER; 5. IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

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