This book explores 1 Peter against the backdrop of apocalyptic thought within early Judaism and Christianity, especially the concept of messianic woes (an expectation that a period of suffering and tribulation would preface the coming of the Messiah). It focuses upon 1 Peter's most eschatologically charged passage, 4:12-19, and argues that the messianic woes pattern shapes both this pericope as well as the book as a whole.
| ISBN: | 9780820451862 |
| Publication date: | 29th January 2002 |
| Author: | Mark Dubis |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 234 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Biblical Literature |
| Genres: |
Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts Christianity |