Becoming Christian examines various facets of the first letter of Peter, in its social and historical setting, in some cases using new social-scientific and postcolonial methods to shed light on the ways in which the letter contributes to the making of Christian identity. At the heart of the book chapters 5-7, examine the contribution of 1 Peter to the construction of Christian identity, the persecution and suffering of Christians in Asia Minor, the significance of the name 'Christian', and the response of the letter to the hostility encountered by Christians in society.
There are no recent books which bring together such a wealth of information and analysis of this crucial early Christian text. Becoming Christian has developed out of Horrell's ongoing research for the International Critical Commentary on 1 Peter. Together these chapters offer a series of significant and original engagements with this letter, and a resource for studies of 1 Peter for some time to come.
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Becoming Christian
Essays on 1 Peter and the Making of Christian Identity
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Abbreviations and Primary Sources
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Product of a Petrine Circle?Challenging an Emerging Consensus
- Chapter 2 The Themes of 1 Peter: Insights from the Earliest Manuscripts (the Crosby-SchĆøyen Codex ms 193 and theBodmer Miscellaneous Codex containing P72)
- Chapter 3 āAlready Deadā or āSince Diedā? Who are āthe Deadā and When Was the Gospel Preached to Them (1 Pet. 4.6)?
- Chapter 4 Aliens and Strangers? The Socio-Economic Location of the Addressees of 1 Peter
- Chapter 5ā Raceā, āNationā, āPeopleā: Ethnoracial Identity Construction in 1 Pet. 2.9
- Chapter 6 The Label Ī§ĻĪ¹ĻĻĪ¹Ī±Ī½ĻĻ (1 Pet. 4.16): Suffering, Conflict, and the Making of Christian Identity
- Chapter7 Between Conformity and Resistance: Beyond the BalchāElliott Debate Towards a Postcolonial Reading of 1 Peter
- Map 1: The Roman Provinces of Asia Minor (late first century ce)
- Map 2: The Road Network in Asia Minor
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical and Other Ancient Sources
- Index of Authors
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