Isaiah in 1 Peter 3:13-17 Applying Intertextuality to the St...

This study seeks to clarify the hermeneutical presuppositions that guided the author of 1 Peter's use of Isaiah. Studies of the New Testament's use of the Jewish Scriptures tend to overlook 1 Peter and therefore have failed to benefit from understanding the distinct hermeneutic that operates within ... Read more

This study seeks to clarify the hermeneutical presuppositions that guided the author of 1 Peter's use of Isaiah. Studies of the New Testament's use of the Jewish Scriptures tend to overlook 1 Peter and therefore have failed to benefit from understanding the distinct hermeneutic that operates within it. Studies that do address 1 Peter's appropriation of the Jewish Scriptures are generally concerned with describing the parallels between the author's hermeneutical techniques and those of his Jewish contemporaries. The principal aim of this thesis has been to argue that the author of 1 Peter was dependent on an interpretive framework which makes use of corporate solidarity, historical correspondence, and eschatological fulfillment as guiding hermeneutical principles. This study also shows that Peter demonstrates both an awareness and faithfulness to the original context of the cited material, even if his application of the Isaianic text is at times surprising. The texts under consideration are 1 Peter's use of Isaiah 40:6-8; 28:16, 8:14, Isaiah 53:4-9, and 8:12-13. This thesis also includes an analysis of 1 Peter 1:10-12 due to the explicit statements it makes concerning the author's hermeneutical outlook. Show less