Read Strangers to Family: Diaspora and 1 Peter’s Invention of God’s Household

Strangers to Family: Diaspora and 1 Peter’s Invention of God’s Household

Shively T J Smith

4.9/5 (16624 ratings)

Description:In "Strangers to Family"Shively Smith reads the Letter of 1 Peter through a new model of diaspora. Smith illuminates this peculiarly Petrine understanding of diaspora by situating it among three other select perspectives from extant Hellenist Jewish writings: the Daniel court tales, the Letter of Aristeas, and Philo s works.While 1 Peter tends to be taken as representative of how diaspora was understood in Hellenistic Jewish and early Christian circles, Smith demonstrates that 1 Peter actually reverses the most fundamental meaning of diaspora as conceived by its literarypeers. Instead of connoting the scattering of a people with a common territorial origin, for 1 Peter, diaspora constitutes an "already-scattered-people" who share a common, communal, celestial destination.Smith s discovery of a distinctive instantiation of diaspora in 1 Peter capitalizes on her careful comparative historical, literary, and theological analysis of diaspora constructionsfound in Hellenistic Jewish writings. Her reading of 1 Peter thus challenges the use of the exile and wandering as master concepts to read 1 Peter, reconsiders the conceptual significance of diaspora in 1 Peter and in the entire New Testament canon, and liberates 1 Peter from being interpreted solely through the rubrics of either the stranger-homelessness or household codes. 1 Peter does not recycle standard diasporic identity, but is, as "Strangers to Family"demonstrates, an epistle that represents the earliest Christian construction of diaspora as a way of life."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Strangers to Family: Diaspora and 1 Peter’s Invention of God’s Household. To get started finding Strangers to Family: Diaspora and 1 Peter’s Invention of God’s Household, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1481305484

Description: In "Strangers to Family"Shively Smith reads the Letter of 1 Peter through a new model of diaspora. Smith illuminates this peculiarly Petrine understanding of diaspora by situating it among three other select perspectives from extant Hellenist Jewish writings: the Daniel court tales, the Letter of Aristeas, and Philo s works.While 1 Peter tends to be taken as representative of how diaspora was understood in Hellenistic Jewish and early Christian circles, Smith demonstrates that 1 Peter actually reverses the most fundamental meaning of diaspora as conceived by its literarypeers. Instead of connoting the scattering of a people with a common territorial origin, for 1 Peter, diaspora constitutes an "already-scattered-people" who share a common, communal, celestial destination.Smith s discovery of a distinctive instantiation of diaspora in 1 Peter capitalizes on her careful comparative historical, literary, and theological analysis of diaspora constructionsfound in Hellenistic Jewish writings. Her reading of 1 Peter thus challenges the use of the exile and wandering as master concepts to read 1 Peter, reconsiders the conceptual significance of diaspora in 1 Peter and in the entire New Testament canon, and liberates 1 Peter from being interpreted solely through the rubrics of either the stranger-homelessness or household codes. 1 Peter does not recycle standard diasporic identity, but is, as "Strangers to Family"demonstrates, an epistle that represents the earliest Christian construction of diaspora as a way of life."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Strangers to Family: Diaspora and 1 Peter’s Invention of God’s Household. To get started finding Strangers to Family: Diaspora and 1 Peter’s Invention of God’s Household, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Strangers to Family: Diaspora and 1 Peter’s Invention of God’s Household

Strangers to Family: Diaspora and 1 Peter’s Invention of God’s Household

More Books

Interpreting 2 Peter through African American Women’s Moral Writings (Early Christianity and Its Literature Book 32)

Interpreting 2 Peter through African American Women’s Moral Writings (Early Christianity and Its Literature Book 32)

Her 12th Year: She's not so little anymore

Her 12th Year: She's not so little anymore