1 Peter and Christ's Descent to the Dead in Its Early Christian Reception

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-16-164041-4
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 564 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

In the Christian Bible, there is a mysterious text in the First Epistle of Peter (1 Peter 3:19) which speaks about "Jesus preaching to the spirits in prison". Traditionally, this text has served as the major scriptural support for the doctrine of Christ's descent into Hades (the so-called descensus ) in Christian theology. Present scholarship, however, has rejected this traditional understanding and tends to detach 1 Peter 3:19 from the descensus. Such a critical judgment, unfortunately, remains insufficiently examined. Indeed, no previous study has specifically focused on how and why 1 Peter 3:19 came to be associated with the descensus in history, nor what bearing the descensus could have on the text of 1 Peter 3:19 itself. Thus, Chi-Kin Lei fills this lacuna by studying 1 Peter's early reception in relation to the descensus, ultimately challenging the current scholarly consensus on this issue.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lei, Chi-Kin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religion des alten Ägyptens
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsethik, Weltethos

Über Autor(innen)

Lei, Chi-Kin
Born 1989; 2011 Bachelor of Social Science at the University of Macau; 2018 MDiv at Trinity Theological College in Singapore; 2020 MPhil in Theology (New Testament) at the University of Oxford; 2024 DPhil in Theology and Religion (New Testament) at the University of Oxford; post-doctoral fellow at Tsinghua University.