Der Erste Brief Des Petrus

English summary: The First Letter of Peter was directed to communities that were experiencing localized discrimination after they had converted to the belief in the one God as part of their faith in Jesus Christ. The letter places these experiences along a new horizon of meaning in which the author [...]
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English summary: The First Letter of Peter was directed to communities that were experiencing localized discrimination after they had converted to the belief in the one God as part of their faith in Jesus Christ. The letter places these experiences along a new horizon of meaning in which the author presents such experiences as a necessary consequence of "belonging to God" or as a direct imitation of Jesus' suffering as part of his salvific mission. At the same time, the letter calls on its audience to live their "otherness" in the world through a "foreign to others" lifestyle. German description: Der erste Petrusbrief richtet sich an Gemeinden, die in ihrem Herkunftsumfeld Diskriminierungserfahrungen machen, nachdem sie sich zum durch Jesus vermittelten Glauben an den einen Gott hingewandt hatten. Der Brief stellt diese Erfahrungen in neue Deutungshorizonte, indem er sie z. B. als notwendige Konsequenz der Zugehorigkeit zu Gott oder als Aktualisierung der Nachfolge des Gesalbten darstellt. Zugleich fordert er seine Leserschaft dazu auf, ihr "Fremdsein" in der Welt durch "befremdlich anderes" Verhalten zu leben.