Reading First Peter with New Eyes: Methodological Reassessments of the Letter of First Peter (Library of New Testament Studies | LNTS)
Overview
The letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter, and Jude are among the most neglected letters of the NT. Thus, methodological advances in NT study tend to arise among the Gospels or Pauline letters. But these letters are beginning to receive increased attention in the scholarly community.
Reading First Peter with New Eyes is the second of four volumes that examine the impact of recent methodological advances in New Testament studies of the letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter and Jude. This volume includes analysis of rhetorical, social-scientific, socio-rhetorical, ideological, and hermeneutical methods, as they contribute to understanding First Peter and its social context. Each essay has a similar three-fold structure, ideal for use by students: 1) a description of the methodological approach; 2) the application of the methodological approach to First Peter; and 3) a conclusion identifying how the methodological approach contributes to a fresh understanding of the letter.
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- Examine the impact of recent methodological advances in New Testament studies
- Presents a collection of essays perfect for students and scholars
- Includes an application of the methodological approach to First Peter
Top Highlights
“however, it is important to see that while narratives cannot exist without events, events can exist without stories.” (Page 10)
“In generic narratives, the narrative line is given, and the events can be understood in the light of their place in the comprehensive narrative. Not so with letters, where the events are given and one or more narrative lines are only implied and must be reconstructed. We must start with the individual links, not the chain, and define the chain in terms of the links, not vice versa.” (Page 10)
“This stringing together of events in some kind of relationship, basically chronological, is the construction of a story” (Page 11)
“Michael Toolan’s: a perceived sequence of meaningfully related events” (Page 11)
“Stories do not exist naturally; they are constructed, fabricated.” (Page 11)
The value of this collection lies in the way each contributor clearly delineates a particular methodological approach and creatively demonstrates how it can be applied to 1 Peter. No contributor assumes a one-size-fits-all approach to his or her respective methodologies, but rather each acknowledges how models and theories need to be re-appropriated in light of the unique characteristics and context of 1 Peter. As a whole, this volume helps to bring 1 Peter further out of the shadow of Pauline scholarship, exemplifies new developments in Petrine scholarship, and casts light on some possibilities for further application of these methodologies.
—Biblical Interpretation
- Title: Reading First Peter with New Eyes: Methodological Reassessments of the Letter of First Peter
- Authors: Robert L. Webb, Betsy Bauman-Martin
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Print Publication Date: 2007
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. 1 Peter › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. 1 Peter › Hermeneutics
- ISBNs: 9780567045621, 0567045625
- Resource ID: LLS:RDNGFRSTPTRNWYS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:44:48Z
Robert L. Webb lectures in the Religious Studies Department of McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. His is the coeditor of the Nag Hammadi Texts and the Bible: A Synopsis and Index. He is the executive editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (Sage) and of the monograph series Library of Historical Jesus Studies (a subset of the Library of New Testament Studies).
Betsy Bauman-Martin is assistant professor of religious studies at St. Norbert College.