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Argument and Theology in 1 Peter: The Origins of Christian Paraenesis is unavailable, but you can change that!

Using both ancient and modern rhetoric, linguistics, and argumentation theory, this study offers a fresh approach to 1 Peter and New Testament ethics. It is often claimed that the growing interest in paraenesis, or ethical teaching, among early Christians indicates how Jesus’ revolutionary teaching and the Pauline notion of justification by faith were gradually replaced by an emphasis on good...

He criticizes the earlier ‘positive’ interpretation for its failure to answer the question of how the Christological kerygma actually seeks to create motivation. In order to understand the character of the motivation Piper asks for the factor that is to guarantee that the addressees do as they are told to (1980: 213). After a short survey of the motivating expressions in the letter Piper provides a general picture of the motivation (1980: 217) and claims that the decisive factor is hope for the future
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