1 & 2 Peter /
First and Second Peter 1 and 2 Peter
Douglas Harink.
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2009.
- 203 p. ; 24 cm.
- Brazos theological commentary on the Bible .
- Brazos theological commentary on the Bible. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- 1 Peter -- 1 Peter 1 -- Apostle (1:1a) -- The people of God among the nations (1:1b) -- The Holy Trinity creates the people of God (1:2) -- Blessing God and living hope (1:3-5) -- Joy in the time of trial (1:6-9) -- Messianic interpretation (1:10-12) -- Hope and holiness (1:13-16) -- Exilic witness : holy reverence in redeemed time (1:17-21) -- Conceived by the Word (1:22-25) -- 1 Peter 2 -- Nourished by the Word (2:1-3) -- Cornerstone, temple, priesthood, nation (2:4-12) -- Messianic revolution (2:13-17) -- Social revolution (2:18-21) -- The original revolutionary (2:21-25) -- 1 Peter 3 -- Domestic revolution (3:1-7) -- Ecclesial revolution (3:8-12) -- Messianic proclamation (3:13-17) -- Messiah's proclamation (3:18-22) -- 1 Peter 4 -- What was (4:1-6) -- What is (4:7-11) -- What is to come (4:12-19) -- 1 Peter 5 -- Messianic leadership (5:1-5) -- The power of God for messianic life (5:6-11) -- Final greetings (5:12-14) -- 2 Peter -- 2 Peter 1 -- Simeon Peter (1:1a) -- Receiving faith through God's justice (1:1b-2) -- Sharing in divine nature (1:3-4) -- Faithful virtues (1:5-7) -- Growing in grace (1:8-11) -- Peter's imminent death (1:12-15) -- Transfiguration : Jesus Christ revealed in glory (1:16-18) -- The authority of prophecy and Scripture (1:19-21) -- Ascending the holy mountain : coda on 2 Peter 1 -- 2 Peter 2 -- Destructive opinions (2:1-3) -- God destroys and rescues : three stories of warning and hope (2:4-10a) -- Ad hominem (2:10b-18) -- Back into slavery (2:19-22) -- Descending into the abyss : coda on 2 Peter 2 -- 2 Peter 3 -- What parousia? (3:1-7) -- The day of the Lord (3:8-13) -- Final words (3:14-18).
Pastors and leaders of the classical church—such as Augustine, Calvin, Luther, and Wesley—interpreted the Bible theologically, believing Scripture as a whole witnessed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Modern interpreters of the Bible questioned this premise. But in recent decades, a critical mass of theologians and biblical scholars has begun to reassert the priority of a theological reading of Scripture. The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible enlists leading theologians to read and interpret Scripture for the twenty-first century, just as the church fathers, the Reformers, and other Orthodox Christians did for their times and places. The commentaries are designed to serve the church—through aid in preaching, teaching, study groups, and so forth—and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.