Persecution In 1 Peter: Differentiating And Contextualizing Early Christian Suffering (supplements To Novum Testamentum)
by Travis B. Williams /
2012 / English / PDF
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InPersecution in 1 Peter
Persecution in 1 Peter, Travis B.
Williams offers a comprehensive and detailed socio-historical
investigation into the nature of suffering in 1 Peter. While
interpreters commonly portray the conflict situation addressed by
the epistle as "unofficial" persecution consisting of
discrimination and verbal abuse, Williams demonstrates the
inadequacy of this modern consensus by situating the letter against
the backdrop of conflict management in first-century CE Asia Minor.
Drawing on a wide range of historical evidence and on modern
social-psychological perspectives, this
work
, Travis B.
Williams offers a comprehensive and detailed socio-historical
investigation into the nature of suffering in 1 Peter. While
interpreters commonly portray the conflict situation addressed by
the epistle as "unofficial" persecution consisting of
discrimination and verbal abuse, Williams demonstrates the
inadequacy of this modern consensus by situating the letter against
the backdrop of conflict management in first-century CE Asia Minor.
Drawing on a wide range of historical evidence and on modern
social-psychological perspectives, this
workreconstructs the conflict situation of the
Anatolian audience and offers important insights regarding the
legal culpability of Christians following the Neronian persecution,
the roles of local and provincial authorities in the judicial
process, and the variegated conflict experiences of different
socio-economic groups within the Christian communities.
reconstructs the conflict situation of the
Anatolian audience and offers important insights regarding the
legal culpability of Christians following the Neronian persecution,
the roles of local and provincial authorities in the judicial
process, and the variegated conflict experiences of different
socio-economic groups within the Christian communities.
