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Leading New Testament scholar Craig Keener, one of the most trusted exegetes working today, is widely respected for his thorough research, sound judgments, and knowledge of ancient sources. His four-volume magnum opus on Acts has received high praise from all quarters. This commentary on 1 Peter features Keener's meticulous and comprehensive research and offers a wealth of fresh insights. It will benefit students, pastors, and church leaders alike.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	15 juin 2021
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781493429318
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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Endorsements
“Keener has done us all a great service by his careful evaluation of 1 Peter, taking us systematically through all aspects of the letter, not least its disputed authorship. His extensive scholarly apparatus only contributes to the clarity of the core text, without ever losing the thread of his arguments. This is a book which will assist anyone seriously interested in coming to grips with this particular epistle.”
— Justin Welby , Archbishop of Canterbury
“Keener has complemented his massive four volumes on Acts with one nearly as weighty on the brief epistle from the aging Peter in Rome to those in the vast diaspora of provinces in northern Asia Minor. He shows that Paul’s letters and echoes of gospel traditions in the epistle reflect the early formulation of a shared Christian faith. Keener also presents a translation—or ‘articulation’—of 1 Peter that will jar readers into taking a close look at his treatment of semantics and syntax. Admitting that Peter himself was unlikely to be familiar with more than part of the Jewish and early Christian material, Keener employs the massive encyclopedia of ancient Greek and Roman literature, philosophy, and religion from his work on Acts to provide a broader cultural context for words, images, and possible overtones in each phrase.”
— Pheme Perkins , Joseph Professor of Catholic Spirituality, Boston College
“Keener’s commentary pays attention to theology and hermeneutics, to history and social description, to literary and genre analysis, and more. Keener provides a compendium of 1 Peter scholarship and possibilities that is both informative and enlightening. This is an exciting project on 1 Peter and one that I highly recommend to be used not only by pastors and laypeople but also in seminary classrooms. This commentary provides more than just an interpretation of 1 Peter: it is a thorough immersion in its discourse, rhetoric, history, imagery, theology, and meaning potential. I commend this work to any serious student of 1 Peter and beyond.”
— Shively T. J. Smith , assistant professor of New Testament, Boston University
“Keener’s commentary provides wonderful access to both Jewish and Greco-Roman primary sources, allowing the text of 1 Peter to be better understood within its first-century setting. The author’s original translation and comments are highly readable and thought-provoking. An important new resource for students of 1 Peter.”
— Ruth Anne Reese , professor of New Testament, Asbury Theological Seminary
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Copyright Page
© 2021 by Craig S. Keener
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Ebook edition created 2021
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4934-2931-8
Unless indicated otherwise, translations of Scripture are those of the author.
Scripture quotations labeled ESV are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2016
Scripture quotations labeled NEB are from the New English Bible, copyright © Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press 1961, 1970. All rights reserved.
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Scripture quotations labeled NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Dedication
To my fellow St. Augustine Seminar members and our hosts, gathered at Lambeth Palace to discuss 1 Peter, London, November 23–25, 2018
Contents
Cover i
Endorsements ii
Title Page iii
Copyright Page iv
Dedication v
Excursuses: A Closer Look ix
Preface xi
Abbreviations xiii
Translation of 1 Peter xxxvii
Introduction to 1 Peter 1
Structure 3
Outline 4
Authorship 8
External Attestation 16
Date 25
Provenance and Destination 31
Setting 32
Hope in Suffering 38
1. Epistolary Prescript (1:1–2) 42
2. Praising God for Salvation (1:3–12) 63
3. Live for God’s Eternal Values (1:13–2:3) 91
4. God’s People (2:4–10) 127
5. Behave Honorably, Refuting Slanders (2:11–17) 146
6. Slaves to Slaveholders (2:18–25) 177
7. Wives and Husbands (3:1–7) 208
8. General Exhortation before God (3:8–12) 252
9. Behave Honorably, Refuting Slanders (3:13–17) 257
10. Christ’s Example (3:18–4:6) 266
11. General Exhortation: Serve Fellow Believers (4:7–11) 312
12. Suffering for and with Christ (4:12–19) 334
13. Elders and the Younger (5:1–7) 352
14. General Exhortation (5:8–11) 381
15. Epistolary Postscript/Closing (5:12–14) 392
Bibliography 415
Index of Subjects 510
Index of Authors and Selected Names 512
Index of Scripture 530
Index of Other Ancient Sources 547
Back Cover 609
Excursuses: A Closer Look
Some Ancient Jewish Views of Suffering 38
Providence, Fate, and Predestination in Antiquity 48
Rebirth, Conversion, Inheritance 67
The Supreme Deity as Father in Ancient Thought 100
Physical Passions (2:11) 150
Roman Aristocratic Fears of Anti-traditional Groups 163
Household Codes 167
Ancient Images of Freedom and Slavery 172
Slavery in the Early Empire 179
Shepherds as Benevolent Rulers 201
Overseers 206
Marriage Expectations in Greco-Roman Antiquity 210
Women’s “Weakness” in Ancient Sources 247
Ancient Baptism 279
Christ’s Ascension in Its Ancient Context 284
Gentile Sexual Practices 293
Drunkenness 298
Idolatry 301
Hospitality 317
Prophetic Speech 324
Elders 355
Avoiding Greed in Antiquity 364
Satan / the Devil in Early Jewish Understanding 383
Silvanus’s Role in Peter’s Letter 393
The Kiss of Love 407
Preface
It is the task of publishers to market commentaries but the task of the scholars who author them to be forthright about their limitations. While I hope to make valuable contributions in this work, I recognize that this commentary is nowhere as comprehensive as my four-volume commentary on Acts. Although I seek to make fresh contributions from primary sources (despite some inevitable overlapping with what others have also found there), I engage much less secondary scholarship here than in my Acts volumes.
This is not from lack of appreciation for Petrine scholarship, but for a personal, pragmatic reason. Usually it takes me about a year to catch up on the recent secondary literature on any book that I write a commentary on (often at forty hours a week), and the demands of schedule with other publications have precluded that full engagement in this case. Rather than cite only the older secondary literature that I had already assimilated in the past, I have chosen to engage the secondary literature in general only lightly. 1 To confess this deficiency is not to diminish the importance of such engagement; it is to apologize in advance for this limitation, to refer the reader to other commentaries for such engagement, and to suggest that the contributions I hope to offer are in other areas.
First Peter might have been a much later project, if indeed I would have gotten to it in my lifetime, because I had other major projects scheduled ahead of it. But when Canon Jennifer Strawbridge graciously included me in Archbishop Justin Welby’s invitation to scholars to work on 1 Peter, I decided to prepare by collecting my background material on 1 Peter. Thinking that I might never have the opportunity to publish it myself, I made the most important material available for the other members of the St. Augustine Seminar that gathered at Lambeth Palace on November 23–25, 2018.
Especially in small groups, members—a mix of both Anglican and non-Anglican scholars from around the world—engaged one another vigorously and charitably. (The small group to which my colleagues and I contributed addressed especially the fourth chapter of 1 Peter.) Archbishop Justin Welby and his wife, Caroline, were astonishingly gracious and available, and the worship in the chapel services, at the same time both liturgical and Spirit-filled, was renewing. Likewise, more courteous a facilitator than Professor Strawbridge is difficult to imagine, as she both welcomed and shepherded the range of contributions toward productive and pastorally relevant studies.
When Jim Kinney at Baker and I discussed potential projects, I observed that even the condensed version of my material on 1 Peter seemed sufficient and useful for a modest book. With Dr. Strawbridge’s blessing, then, I have proceeded with the present commentary. I do so, however, with the recognition that it is intended only to complement and supplement, rather than to supplant, other commentaries available. (Commentaries rarely supplant their predecessors anyway, or at least, not for very long.)
I am grateful to my editors on this project at various levels: Jim Kinney for acquisitions; and Tim West and Robert Maccini on the details.
My thanks to Baker Academic for permission to use excerpts from the following: Acts: An Exegetical Commentary , vol. 1, by Craig S. Keener, copyright © 2012; Acts: An Exegetical Commentary , vol. 2, by Craig S. Keener, copyright © 2013; Acts: An Exegetical Commentary , vol. 3, by Craig S. Keener, copyright © 2014; Galatians by Craig S. Keener, copyright © 2019; The Gospel of John by Craig S. Keener, copyright © 2003; The Mind of the Spirit by Craig S. Keener, copyright © 2016; and Paul, Women, and Wives by Craig S. Keener, co