The Problem(s) of Reading 1 Peter after Supersessionism

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ID3294289
AuthorsKelly D Liebengood (LeTourneau University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue2
Pages206
Publication date2023-02-03
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14020206
OpenAlexW4319083215
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

Recently, there has been a growing interest in the creative identity formation strategies found in 1 Peter, especially concerning the way that the letter appropriates the Jewish scriptures and Israel's privileges, promises, and vocation. While some find these strategies to be beneficial, others regard them as problematic because they promote a posture of supersessionism toward Israel. Some have suggested that the problem of supersessionism can be ameliorated by noting the silence in the letter regarding the relationship between Israel and the gentile addressees. This silence creates theological and hermeneutical space to go outside of the text itself to resolve the tension. But the move to go outside of the text can create its own problems because of the influential "standard canonical narrative", which fills the silence and exerts pressure on the reader to replace Israel with the church. This article seeks to demonstrate that the text of 1 Peter itself pushes against a supposed supersessionist posture in part because such a reading is inconsistent with the claims made about God, but also because the implicit narrative in the letter along with the exhortations to distance oneself from a gentile way of life necessitate that the addressees "appropriate Israelhood" without expropriating Israel

Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Judaism · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Silence · Sociology · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy

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