A Commentary on I PeterThis is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. The work of a highly esteemed New Testament scholar, this commentary on I Peter has unparalleled breadth and depth and reflects a lifetime of devoted scholarship. Leonhard Goppelt presents here a rich exposition of I Peter that New Testament students and scholars will consult time and again with great profit. Goppelt's detailed section- by-section and phrase-by-phrase commentary is preceded by a complete, up-to-date bibliography and an extended introduction. Scattered throughout the commentary are special notes and excursuses on several themes and issues related to the text of the letter. The footnotes contain a wealth of bibliographical information, which has been updated by translator John Alsup, and an appendix by Alsup provides a brief appreciative survey of the life and works of Leonhard Goppelt. Besides its unusually thorough treatment of the biblical text and the history of interpretation, what distinguishes this commentary is Goppelt's balanced focus on I Peter as a document setting forth social-ethical guidelines for Christians not just in the first century but in today's world as well. A scholarly Christian classic, this monumental commentary on I Peter will find a welcome place in seminary courses (New Testament, social ethics), in theological libraries, and in pastors' studies. |
Contents
The Data of the Letter Regarding Addresses and Author | 3 |
The Author | 7 |
Contents and Structure | 15 |
The Letters Thematic Focus | 18 |
Structure | 20 |
Continuity of Thought | 21 |
Epistolary Form | 23 |
Style | 24 |
Character and Origin of the Image of the Spiritual House | 141 |
11411 Second Major Part The Realization of Christian Existence in the Structures of Society | 153 |
11312 Responsible Participation in the Institutions of Society | 155 |
1337 Conduct in the Institutions of Society | 162 |
The Household Code Schema | 164 |
The Origin of the Station Codes | 166 |
The Obligation to Subject Oneself | 174 |
Proper Conduct in Lifes Stations | 177 |
The Letters Place in Early Christian Tradition and Literature | 26 |
Relationship to the Pauline Corpus | 28 |
Relationship to Other Early Christian Epistolary Literature | 30 |
Relationship to the Gospel Tradition | 33 |
Scripture and the Religious Environment | 35 |
The Situation of the Addressees Community | 36 |
The Kerygmatic Perspective | 37 |
The Nature of Their Suffering | 38 |
The Motives for Hostility | 39 |
Historical Location of the Conflict Situation | 41 |
The Origin of the Letter | 46 |
Place | 47 |
Author | 48 |
Canonization J Roloff | 53 |
The Transmission of the Text J Roloff | 55 |
TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY | 59 |
If Epistolary Prescript To the Elect Foreigners in the Diaspora | 61 |
Elect Ones as Foreigners | 68 |
3210 First Major Part The Basis and Essence of Christian Existence in Society | 77 |
3 23 | 81 |
13210 The Basic Conduct That Corresponds to New Birth | 101 |
1321 Unlimited Hope | 105 |
2223 Brotherly Love | 121 |
The Image of Mothers Milk | 129 |
410 Life in the Eschatological Community | 134 |
The Christological Interpretation of the Stone Motif | 138 |
1317 The Civil Order | 179 |
16f | 187 |
1820 The Position of Slaves | 190 |
Grace in I Peter | 200 |
2125 The Christological Foundation | 201 |
2225 | 207 |
16 Responsibilities of Wives | 216 |
7 Responsibilities of Married Men | 225 |
812 Social Conduct of All | 229 |
13411 Prepared for Suffering in Society for the Sake of Good | 238 |
1822 Christs Path of Salvation | 247 |
Christs Hades Proclamation in the Context of the History of Religion | 260 |
16 The Fruit of Discipleship The Suffering of Believers | 275 |
711 The Inner Life of the Eschatological Community | 291 |
12511 Third Major Part The Preservation of Christians in Society and in the Community of Faith Closing Parenesis | 309 |
The Origin of the Concept | 316 |
Origin of the View | 330 |
15 Church Leaders | 336 |
The Origin of the Image of Shepherding the Flock | 344 |
611 Accepting and Enduring the Test of Affliction | 355 |
1214 The Letters Closing | 367 |
Babylon as a Symbolic Name | 374 |
Leonhard Goppelt 19111973 | 379 |
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Common terms and phrases
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